Modeling Future Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Environmental Impacts of Electricity Supplies in Brazil

Brazil’s status as a rapidly developing country is visible in its need for more energy, including electricity. While the current electricity generation mix is primarily hydropower based, high-quality dam sites are diminishing and diversification to other sources is likely. We combined life-cycle dat...

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Main Authors: Melissa M. Bilec, Roberto Schaeffer, Bruno Soares Moreira Cesar Borba, Joe Marriott, André Frossard Pereira de Lucena, Alexander T. Dale
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-07-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/6/7/3182