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Wind Energy

CSS Publication Number:

CSS07-09

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Abstract:

A factsheet that illustrates current patterns of wind energy production and consumption in the United States, supplemented by selected CSS research results on the life-cycle environmental impacts, as well as a listing of more sustainable alternatives.

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CSS Factsheets, Wind Energy

Research Areas:

Energy Systems›Energy

Research Project:

CSS Factsheets

Publication Type:

Factsheet

Date Published:

November 2007 - then updated annually

Full Citation:

Lewis, Geoff, Duncan Callaway, Blair Willcox and Greg Keoleian. 2007. CSS Factsheets, Wind Energy in the U.S. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor: 1-2.

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Factsheet subgroup:

Energy

Publication Status:

Published

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