The potential of renewable energies in Sicily for water desalination applications

NATO Security through Science Series C: Environmental Security

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 179-194

  Beccali, Marco ^a   Sorce, Maurizio ^a   Galletto, Josè ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Desalination; Photovoltaic; Renewable energy; Sicily; Solar thermal; Water; Wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249311895     PISSN: 18714668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5508-9_13     Document Type: Conference Paper

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