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Optimum autonomous stand-alone photovoltaic system design on the basis of energy pay-back analysis

Kaldellis, J.K.; Zafirakis, D.; Kondili, E. - In: Energy 34 (2009) 9, pp. 1187-1198

Stand-alone photovoltaic (PV) systems comprise one of the most promising electrification solutions for covering the demand of remote consumers. However, such systems are strongly questioned due to extreme life-cycle (LC) energy requirements. For similar installations to be considered as...

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Life cycle impacts and costs of photovoltaic systems: Current state of the art and future outlooks

Raugei, Marco; Frankl, Paolo - In: Energy 34 (2009) 3, pp. 392-399

The photovoltaic energy sector is rapidly expanding and technological specification for PV has improved dramatically in the last two decades. This paper sketches the current state of the art and drafts three alternative scenarios for the future, in terms of costs, market penetration and...

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Co-benefit of polycrystalline large-scale photovoltaic power in China

Zhang, Da; Tang, Songlin; Lin, Bao; Liu, Zhen; Zhang, … - In: Energy 41 (2012) 1, pp. 436-442

-scale photovoltaic power (LS-PV) comprised of polycrystalline cells in China. Our life cycle analysis (LCA) shows that the estimated co …

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Life cycle assessment (LCA) of waste management strategies: Landfilling, sorting plant and incineration

Cherubini, Francesco; Bargigli, Silvia; Ulgiati, Sergio - In: Energy 34 (2009) 12, pp. 2116-2123

This paper focuses on a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of four waste management strategies: landfill without biogas …

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Application of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and extenics theory for building energy conservation assessment

Zheng, Guozhong; Jing, Youyin; Huang, Hongxia; Zhang, Xutao - In: Energy 34 (2009) 11, pp. 1870-1879

building. In this paper, the extenics theory and life cycle assessment (LCA) are proposed in building energy conservation … the factors in different hierarchies. A building energy conservation assessment model combining LCA and the extenics …

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A life cycle approach to Green Public Procurement of building materials and elements: A case study on windows

Tarantini, Mario; Loprieno, Arianna Dominici; Porta, … - In: Energy 36 (2011) 5, pp. 2473-2482

approach, should be developed and used within procurement procedures. In this paper, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is applied to … evaluation features of the environmental performances of building materials and components are outlined. The LCA case study is … then presented, describing the use of the analysis results to define the environmental criteria. LCA allowed to identify …

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Metal requirements of low-carbon power generation

Kleijn, René; van der Voet, Ester; Kramer, Gert Jan; … - In: Energy 36 (2011) 9, pp. 5640-5648

Today, almost 70% of the electricity is produced from fossil fuels and power generation accounts for over 40% of global CO2 emissions. If the targets to reduce climate change are to be met, substantial reductions in emissions are necessary. Compared to other sectors emission reductions in the...

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Energy efficiency measurement in industrial processes

Giacone, E.; Mancò, S. - In: Energy 38 (2012) 1, pp. 331-345

in an energy management system standard (e.g. EN 16001, ISO 50001) or LCA standard (e.g. ISO 14044). Glass and cast iron …

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Total footprints-based multi-criteria optimisation of regional biomass energy supply chains

Čuček, Lidija; Varbanov, Petar Sabev; Klemeš, Jiří … - In: Energy 44 (2012) 1, pp. 135-145

basis, and now extended for simultaneous assessment of the supply-chain performance based on LCA (Life cycle assessment …

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The environmental impact of post-combustion CO2 capture with MEA, with aqueous ammonia, and with an aqueous ammonia-ethanol mixture for a coal-fired power plant

Strube, R.; Pellegrini, G.; Manfrida, G. - In: Energy 36 (2011) 6, pp. 3763-3770

a 500 MW pulverised coal power plant employing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) using the software SimaPro®. For a …

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