Using solar energy to arrest the increasing rate of fossil-fuel consumption: The southwestern states of the USA as case studies

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 567-576

  Faiman, D ^a   Raviv, D ^b   Rosenstreich, R ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b MST Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Concentrator photovoltaics; Raviv model; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FOSSIL FUELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAICS; RAVIV MODEL;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FOSSIL FUEL; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750194086     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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