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standards are less clear such as how to foresee marginal technologies, which data
sources are more reliable or how to deal with the traceability of electricity. Dialogue
between users and providers is therefore suggested to overcome methodological
differences and help to build a sustainable electric sector.
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benefi ts in a Northeastern American context? A case study of small-scale renewable technologies using a life cycle methodology. Renew Sustain Energy Rev 14:2885–2895
Amor MB, Billette de Villemeur E, Pellat M, Pineau P-O (2014a) Infl uence of wind power on
hourly electricity prices and GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions: evidence that congestion matters from Ontario zonal data. Energy 66:458–469
Amor MB, Gaudreault C, Pineau P-O, Samson R (2014b) Implications of integrating electricity
supply dynamics into life cycle assessment: a case study of renewable distributed generation.
Renew Energy 69:410–419
Bouman EA, Ramirez A, Hertwich E (2015) Multiregional environmental comparison of fossil
fuel power generation – assessment of the contribution of fugitive emissions from conventional
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LCA. Environ Sci Technol 47:9604–9611
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guidelines. Geneva
Open Access This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution
Noncommercial License, which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in
any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
M.F. Astudillo et al.
standards are less clear such as how to foresee marginal technologies, which data
sources are more reliable or how to deal with the traceability of electricity. Dialogue
between users and providers is therefore suggested to overcome methodological
differences and help to build a sustainable electric sector.
References
Amor MB, Lesage P, Pineau P-O, Samson R (2010) Can distributed generation offer substantial
benefi ts in a Northeastern American context? A case study of small-scale renewable technologies using a life cycle methodology. Renew Sustain Energy Rev 14:2885–2895
Amor MB, Billette de Villemeur E, Pellat M, Pineau P-O (2014a) Infl uence of wind power on
hourly electricity prices and GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions: evidence that congestion matters from Ontario zonal data. Energy 66:458–469
Amor MB, Gaudreault C, Pineau P-O, Samson R (2014b) Implications of integrating electricity
supply dynamics into life cycle assessment: a case study of renewable distributed generation.
Renew Energy 69:410–419
Bouman EA, Ramirez A, Hertwich E (2015) Multiregional environmental comparison of fossil
fuel power generation – assessment of the contribution of fugitive emissions from conventional
and unconventional fossil resources. Int J Greenhouse Gas Control 33:1–9
Brandão M, Heath GA, Cooper J (2012) What can meta-analyses tell us about the reliability of life
cycle assessment for decision support? J Ind Ecol 16:S3–S7
Curran MA, Mann M, Norris G (2005) The international workshop on electricity data for life cycle
inventories. J Clean Prod 13:853–862
Dandres T, Gaudreault C, Tirado-Seco P, Samson R (2014) Uncertainty management in a macro
life cycle assessment of a 2005–2025 European bioenergy policy. Renew Sustain Energy Rev
36:52–61
Dones R, Ménard M, Gantner U (1998) Choice of electricity-mix for different LCA applications.
In: 6th LCA case study symposium SETAC-Europe, 1998. SETAC-Europe, Brussels, pp 1–4
Earles JM, Halog A (2011) Consequential life cycle assessment: a review. Int J Life Cycle Assess
16:445–453
Ekvall T, Weidema BP (2004) System boundaries and input data in consequential life cycle inventory analysis. Int J Life Cycle Assess 9:161–171
Frischknecht R, Stucki M (2010) Scope-dependent modelling of electricity supply in life cycle
assessments. Int J Life Cycle Assess 15:806–816
Henriksson PJG, Zhang W, Guinée JB (2014) Updated unit process data for coal based energy in
China including parameters for overall dispersions. Int J Life Cycle Assess 10:185–195
Hertwich E (2013) Addressing biogenic greenhouse gas emissions from hydropower in
LCA. Environ Sci Technol 47:9604–9611
Hertwich E, Gibon T, Bouman EA et al (2015) Integrated life-cycle assessment of electricitysupply scenarios confi rms global environmental benefi t of low-carbon technologies. Proc
Natl Acad Sci 112(20):6277-82. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1312753111
IEA (2014) Electricity information 2014. International Energy Agency/OECD
ISO (2006) ISO 14044 Environmental management – life cycle assessment – requirements and
guidelines. Geneva
Open Access This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution
Noncommercial License, which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in
any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
M.F. Astudillo et al.