Re:Is wind power’s future in deep water?
by sergeykish on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @10:17AM
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Check your facts [1]
> The life cycle analysis focuses on the wind power plant as the basic functional object instead of a single wind turbine. Our results show that present-day wind power plants have a lifetime emission intensity of 5.0–8.2 g CO2/kWh electricity, a range significantly lower than estimates in previous studies.
> Our estimate suggests that wind is currently the most desirable renewable energy in terms of minimizing CO2 emissions per kWh of produced electricity [2].
2014 IPCC, Global warming potential of selected electricity sources [3]:
> The life cycle analysis focuses on the wind power plant as the basic functional object instead of a single wind turbine. Our results show that present-day wind power plants have a lifetime emission intensity of 5.0–8.2 g CO2/kWh electricity, a range significantly lower than estimates in previous studies.
> Our estimate suggests that wind is currently the most desirable renewable energy in terms of minimizing CO2 emissions per kWh of produced electricity [2].
2014 IPCC, Global warming potential of selected electricity sources [3]:
[1] https://www.google.com/search?q=wind+power+co2+footprint[2] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S09601...
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life-cycle_greenhouse_gas_emis...