What is Green Energy?

Life Cycle Analysis

Life Cycle Analysis is a process used to evaluate the environmental burdens for a product, process, or activity by identifying energy and materials used and wastes released to the environment, and to evaluate and implement opportunities to affect environmental improvements. (The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, SETAC, 1990) More information on life cycle analysis and its specific use in evaluating the impact of energy production is available at SETAC, the Energy and Climate Protection Division of the Öko-Institut - Institute for Applied Ecology, Darmstadt, Germany, and the Power Scorecard, a rating mechanism that assesses the environmental impact of different types of electric generation.

http://www.setac.org/
Energy & Climate Protection
http://www.powerscorecard.org