Green Energy Choices: The Benefits, Risks and Trade-Offs of Low-Carbon Technologies for Electricity Production

This report presents the first in-depth inter national comparative assessment of the envir onmental and resource impacts of different energy technologies, modelled over the whole life cycle of each technology, from cradle to grave.

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Main Authors: United Nations Environment Programme, International Resource Panel
Format: Reports and Books biblioteca
Language:English
Published: United Nations Environment Programme 2016
Subjects:ELECTRICITY, COAL, NATURAL GAS, WIND POWER, SOLAR ENERGY, PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION, GREENHOUSE GASES, FOSSIL FUELS, CARBON SEQUESTRATION, RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES, GEOTHERMAL ENERGY, ENERGY RESOURCES, Resource Efficiency,
Online Access:https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/7694
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Summary:This report presents the first in-depth inter national comparative assessment of the envir onmental and resource impacts of different energy technologies, modelled over the whole life cycle of each technology, from cradle to grave.