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

United Nations Environment Programme; International Resource Panel

dc.contributor	International Resource Panel
dc.contributor.author	United Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.author	International Resource Panel
dc.date.accessioned	2016-10-11T19:58:56Z
dc.date.available	2016-10-11T19:58:56Z
dc.identifier.isbn	978-92-807-3490-4
dc.identifier.uri	https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/7694
dc.description	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.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	United Nations Environment Programme
dc.relation.ispartof	IRP Reports
dc.rights	Public	en_US
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY
dc.subject	COAL
dc.subject	NATURAL GAS
dc.subject	WIND POWER
dc.subject	SOLAR ENERGY
dc.subject	PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE GASES
dc.subject	FOSSIL FUELS
dc.subject	CARBON SEQUESTRATION
dc.subject	RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
dc.subject	GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
dc.subject	ENERGY RESOURCES
dc.subject.classification	Resource Efficiency
dc.title	Green Energy Choices: The Benefits, Risks and Trade-Offs of Low-Carbon Technologies for Electricity Production
dc.type	Reports, Books and Booklets	en_US
wd.identifier.old-id	12131
wd.identifier.sdg	SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
wd.identifier.pagesnumber	458 pages
wd.identifier.sdgio	http://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000041