Water Use in Renewable and Conventional Electricity Production

Energy Sources

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 309-322

  Inhaber, Herbert ^a  

^a Risk Concepts   (United States)

Author keywords

Electricity; Fossil fuels; Materials use; Renewables; Water consumption; Water withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CYCLES; WATER CONSUMPTION;

ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; FOSSIL FUELS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; THERMOELECTRICITY;

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION;

EID: 1242310204     PISSN: 00908312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908310490266698     Document Type: Review

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