The likely adverse environmental impacts of renewable energy sources

Applied Energy

Volumn 65, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 121-144

  Abbasi, S A ^a   Abbasi, Naseema ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

HYDROPOWER PROJECTS;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOTHERMAL POWER; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; SOLAR POWER; WIND POWER;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

EID: 0034084945     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-2619(99)00077-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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