Title :
Environmental footprint analysis of on-shore and off-shore wind energy technologies
Author :
Noori, Moslem ; Kucukvar, M. ; Tatari, O.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Civil, Environ., & Constr. Eng., Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
Wind energy technologies have gained a tremendous interest worldwide to mitigate the environmental impacts related to power generation. In this study, we assess on-shore and off-shore by tracing all of the economy-wide supply chain requirements of wind power plants. The wind turbines consist of two onshore (V80-2.0 MW and V90-3.0 MW) and two offshore (V80-2.0 MW and V90-3.0 MW) turbines, all manufactured by the Vestas Wind Systems A/S.
Keywords :
environmental degradation; offshore installations; wind power; wind turbines; Vestas Wind Systems; economy-wide supply chain requirements; environmental footprint analysis; environmental impacts; off-shore wind energy technologies; on-shore wind energy technologies; power 2 MW; power 3 MW; power generation; wind power plants; wind turbines; Biological system modeling; Carbon; Concrete; Electricity; Supply chains; Wind power generation; Wind turbines;
Conference_Titel :
Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST), 2012 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2003-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISSST.2012.6403808
