Green energy choices: the benefits, risks and trade-offs of low-carbon technologies for electricity production

Meeting the rising energy demands of a growing world population presents an ideal opportunity to make technology choices that take into account, and to the extent possible, mitigate negative impacts on the climate, environmental and human health.

The report examines the main commercially available renewable and non-renewable power generation technologies, analysing their GHG emissions, but also trade-offs in terms of: Environmental impacts (impacts on ecosystems, eutrophication and acidification."