TY - GEN
T1 - A sustainability assessment of electricity generation
AU - Evans, Annette
AU - Strezov, Vladimir
N1 - Copyright 2010 IEEE. Reprinted from Proceedings, the First International Conference on Biosciences, BioSciencesWorld 2010 : BIOTECHNO, BIOINFO, BIOSYSCOM, BIOGREEN, BIODIV, BIOENVIRONMENT : 7-13 March 2010 Cancun, Mexico. This material is posted here with permission of the IEEE. Such permission of the IEEE does not in any way imply IEEE endorsement of any of Macquarie University’s products or services. Internal or personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution must be obtained from the IEEE by writing to [email protected]. By choosing to view this document, you agree to all provisions of the copyright laws protecting it.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The sustainability of electricity generation has been assessed by the application of eight key indictors. Literature data has been applied to rank different electricity generating technologies in order of sustainability. Photovoltaics, wind, hydro, geothermal, biomass, natural gas, coal and nuclear power have been compared according to their price, greenhouse gas emissions, efficiency, land use, water use, availability, limitations and social impacts on a per kilowatt hour basis. The relevance of this information to the Australian context is discussed.
AB - The sustainability of electricity generation has been assessed by the application of eight key indictors. Literature data has been applied to rank different electricity generating technologies in order of sustainability. Photovoltaics, wind, hydro, geothermal, biomass, natural gas, coal and nuclear power have been compared according to their price, greenhouse gas emissions, efficiency, land use, water use, availability, limitations and social impacts on a per kilowatt hour basis. The relevance of this information to the Australian context is discussed.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77952606199&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/BioSciencesWorld.2010.29
DO - 10.1109/BioSciencesWorld.2010.29
M3 - Conference proceeding contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77952606199
SN - 9781424459292
SP - 106
EP - 111
BT - 2010 International Conference on Biosciences
A2 - Dini, Petre
A2 - Popescu, Manuela
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
CY - Piscataway, NJ
T2 - 1st International Conference on Biosciences, BioSciencesWorld 2010
Y2 - 7 March 2010 through 13 March 2010
ER -