Improving Long-Range Energy Modeling: A Plea for Historical Retrospectives

Energy Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 75-92

  Koomey, Jonathan ^a,b   Craig, Paul ^c   Gadgil, Ashok ^d   Lorenzetti, David ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FORECASTING; NATURAL RESOURCES;

LONG-RANGE ENERGY MODELING;

ENERGY POLICY;

NEOPLEA;

EID: 0142259819     PISSN: 01956574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol24-No4-4     Document Type: Article

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