Renewable electricity in Turkey: Life cycle environmental impacts

This paper applies a life cycle approach to evaluate for the first time the environmental impacts of renewable electricity in Turkey. There are 305 power plants utilising hydro, wind and geothermal resources, all of which are considered in the study. The results indicate that the impacts from large...

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Published in:Renewable energy 2016-04, Vol.89, p.649-657
Main Authors: Atilgan, Burcin, Azapagic, Adisa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acidification
Electricity
Electricity generation
Environmental impact
Environmental impacts
Geothermal
global warming
Hydroelectric power
Life cycle assessment
mineral resources
power plants
Renewable energy
Reservoirs
summer
Turkey
Turkey (country)
water power
wind
wind power
Wind power generation
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