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Technical Papers

Estimating and comparing greenhouse gas emissions with their uncertainties using different methods: A case study for an energy supply utility

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Pages 1164-1173 | Received 07 Mar 2014, Accepted 26 May 2014, Published online: 16 Sep 2014

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