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Life cycle assessment of a floating offshore wind turbine

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A development in wind energy technology towards higher nominal power of the wind turbines is related to the shift of the turbines to better wind conditions. After the shift from onshore to offshore areas, there has been an effort to move further from the sea coast to the deep water areas, which requ [...]

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Shifting Trade Patterns as a Means of Reducing Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions A Multiobjective Analysis

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This article extends and applies the world trade model with bilateral trade (WTMBT), a linear program with any number of goods, factors, and regional trade partners that determines regional production, bilateral trade patterns, and region-specific prices on the basis of comparative advantage by mini [...]

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Approaches to correct for double counting in tiered hybrid life cycle inventories

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This paper presents an approach for inventory compilation and adjustment of double counting in tiered hybrid life cycle inventories (LCIs). The combination of input-output and physical inventory data on coefficient level is a convenient way of constructing a hybrid LCI that has both good detail and [...]

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Occupational health impacts: Offshore crane lifts in life cycle assessment

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Background, Aim, and Scope: The identification and assessment of environmental tradeoffs is a strongpoint of life cycle assessment (LCA). A tradeoff made in many product systems is the exchange of potential for occupational accidents with the additional use of energy and materials. Net benefits of s [...]

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Critical review: Life-cycle inventory procedures for long-term release of metals

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Life-cycle assessment (LCA) is the method of inventorying, assessing, and interpreting environmental interventions caused by products and product systems through their life cycle. The ecotoxicity of metals has proven a challenge for LCA given metal characteristics such as reversibility of removal pr [...]

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Life-cycle Assessment of Carbon Dioxide Capture for Enhanced Oil Recovery

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The development and deployment of Carbon dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS) technology is a cornerstone of the Norwegian government's climate strategy. A number of projects are currently evaluated/planned along the Norwegian West Coast, one at Tjeldbergodden. CO2 from this project will be utilized in [...]

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The environmental effect of car-free housing: A case in Vienna

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A case-control study of the car-free model housing project in Vienna was conducted to evaluate whether people living in this settlement have more 'sustainable lifestyles' than people living in comparable buildings in Vienna. Another aim was to identify the lifestyle characteristics and household act [...]

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CO<inf>2</inf> embodied in international trade with implications for global climate policy

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The flow of pollution through international trade flows has the ability to undermine environmental policies, particularly for global pollutants. In this article we determine the CO2 emissions embodied in international trade among 87 countries for the year 2001. We find that globally there are over 5 [...]

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Post-Kyoto greenhouse gas inventories: Production versus consumption

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For the long-term stabilization of greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations it is important that post-Kyoto policy has broad participation to ensure environmental integrity. Many post-Kyoto frameworks have been debated, but surprisingly approaches that focus on consumption have received little attention [...]

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Pollution embodied in trade: The Norwegian case

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With the increase in international trade, it is becoming increasingly important to accurately determine environmental impacts resulting from pollution embodied in trade. Many previous studies have unrealistically assumed that imports are produced with the technology of the importing country. For cou [...]

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