TY - JOUR
TI - Life Cycle Assessment of the Offshore Wind Farm Alpha Ventus
AU - Wagner, H
AU - Baack, C
AU - Eickelkamp, T
AU - Epe, A
AU - Lohmann, J
AU - Troy, S
T2 - Energy
AB - This article studies the first offshore German windfarm, alpha ventus, in the German exclusive economic zone. Alpha ventus is analyzed through life cycle assessment. This LCA is conducted using four steps: Goal and Scope Definition, Inventory Analysis, Impact Assessment, and Interpretation. These are fairly straightforward steps dealing with identifying the system boundaries, material assessments, defining impact categories, and interpret information.This assessment concludes that wind technology does not lead to assure electric supply because of changing wind conditions. A switch to offshore energy requires a means for additional energy storage.
DA - 2011/05//
PY - 2011
VL - 36
IS - 5
SP - 2459
EP - 2464
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544211000594
DO - 10.1016/j.energy.2011.01.036
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Fixed Offshore Wind
KW - Human Dimensions
KW - Life Cycle Assessment
ER -