Abstract
The global installed capacity of Renew Energy technologies and especially wind energy is growing rapidly. The ability of these technologies to enable a rapid transition to a low-carbon energy system is highly dependent on the energy required and greenhouse gas emissions over their life cycle; materials extraction and processing, component manufacture and installation, operation, and end-of-life. This chapter presents the results of meta-analyses of life-cycle assessments of energy use and greenhouse gas emissions by wind turbines. The chapter presents these findings as energetic and greenhouse analogs of financial cost parameters for assessing energy technologies.
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