furthermore wind power is commonly regarded as a key technology in addressing some of the greatest environmental and resource concerns of today namely anthropogenic climate change and other negative consequences from air pollution and energy security among other factors a strong growth in todays markets and prospects of exploiting vast and as yet untapped resources contribute to the anticipation that wind power will play a significant role in shifting energy markets away from fossilbased power generation towards renewables in coming decades gwec wiser et al wind power likewise features prominently in the current body of global climate change mitigation scenarios produced by energyeconomy models iea a krey and clarke these environmental and resource pressures can be quantified and assessed by methods of life cycle assessment lca