Resource depletion assessment of renewable electricity generation technologies—comparison of life cycle impact assessment methods with focus on mineral resources

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• 作者：Jana Lieberei ; Shabbir H. Gheewala
• 关键词：Electricity production ; Impact assessment ; Life cycle assessment ; Mineral resources ; Renewable energies ; Resource depletion
• 刊名：The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：22
• 期：2
• 页码：185-198
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• 刊物类别：Earth and Environmental Science
• 刊物主题：Environment, general; Environmental Economics; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology; Environmental Chemistry;
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：1614-7502
• 卷排序：22

文摘

PurposeRenewable energies are promoted in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the depletion of fossil fuels. However, plants for renewable electricity production incorporate specifically higher amounts of materials being rated as potentially scarce. Therefore, it is in question which (mineral) resources contribute to the overall resource consumption and which of the manifold impact assessment methods can be recommended to cover an accurate and complete investigation of resource use for renewable energy technologies.