In the summary, I found a figure on the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions estimates for electricity generation technologies.
Compared to renewable resources, fossil fuels' greenhouse emissions are gigantic.
Emissions of three energy sources seem controversial. Biopower's emissions span from negative to positive. Photovoltaics and nuclear energy can emit either near-zero or up to almost 250 grams of CO2 equivalent greenhouse gases per kilowatt-hour.
However, when we take into account the Fukushima dai-ich nuclear power plant's ongoing disaster, photovoltaics beats nuclear energy. (I hope I can get empirical evidence for this assertion soon.)
Source: Edenhofer, O., Pichs-Madruga, R., Sokona, Y., Seyboth, K., Arvizu, D., Bruckner, T., Christensen, J., Devernay, J.-M., Faaij, A., Fischedick, M., Goldstein, B., Hansen, G., Huckerby, J., Jäger-Waldau, A., Kadner, S., Kammen, D., Krey, V., Kumar, A., Lewis, A., Lucon, O., Matschoss, P., Maurice, L., Mitchell, C., Moomaw, W., Moreira, J., Nadai, A., Nilsson, L.J., Nyboer, J., Rahman, A., Sathaye, J., Sawin, J., Schaeffer, R., Schei, T., Schlömer, S., Sims, R., Verbruggen, A., von Stechow, C., Urama, K., Wiser, R., Yamba, F., & Zwickel, T. (2011). Summary for Policy Makers. In O. Edenhofer, R. Pichs-Madruga, Y. Sokona, K. Seyboth, P. Matschoss, S. Kadner, T. Zwickel, P. Eickemeier, G. Hansen, S. Schlömer, & C. v. Stechow (Eds.), IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation. Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press. [Full-text at http://srren.ipcc-wg3.de/
Emissions of three energy sources seem controversial. Biopower's emissions span from negative to positive. Photovoltaics and nuclear energy can emit either near-zero or up to almost 250 grams of CO2 equivalent greenhouse gases per kilowatt-hour.
However, when we take into account the Fukushima dai-ich nuclear power plant's ongoing disaster, photovoltaics beats nuclear energy. (I hope I can get empirical evidence for this assertion soon.)
Source: Edenhofer, O., Pichs-Madruga, R., Sokona, Y., Seyboth, K., Arvizu, D., Bruckner, T., Christensen, J., Devernay, J.-M., Faaij, A., Fischedick, M., Goldstein, B., Hansen, G., Huckerby, J., Jäger-Waldau, A., Kadner, S., Kammen, D., Krey, V., Kumar, A., Lewis, A., Lucon, O., Matschoss, P., Maurice, L., Mitchell, C., Moomaw, W., Moreira, J., Nadai, A., Nilsson, L.J., Nyboer, J., Rahman, A., Sathaye, J., Sawin, J., Schaeffer, R., Schei, T., Schlömer, S., Sims, R., Verbruggen, A., von Stechow, C., Urama, K., Wiser, R., Yamba, F., & Zwickel, T. (2011). Summary for Policy Makers. In O. Edenhofer, R. Pichs-Madruga, Y. Sokona, K. Seyboth, P. Matschoss, S. Kadner, T. Zwickel, P. Eickemeier, G. Hansen, S. Schlömer, & C. v. Stechow (Eds.), IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation. Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press. [Full-text at http://srren.ipcc-wg3.de/
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