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Pietro Monticone
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Electricity generation technologies: Comparison of materials use, energy return on investment, jobs creation and CO2 emissions reduction

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Life cycle
• material intensity
• primary energy input
• job generation
• GHG emissions
Technology cross-comparison in terms of life cycle
• GHG emission
• gross energy ratio (GER)
• gross external energy ratio (GEER)
• jobs
Variability of GEER in function of changes in
• electricity-to-primary conversion factor
• fuel transport
• fuel energy density
• plant efficiency
• load factor
The variability of life-cycle job numbers due to changes in • fuel transport
• fuel energy density
• plant efficiency
• load factor
The variability of life-cycle GHG emission in function of
• CO2 emission factor ranges
• power plant efficiency ranges.
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