Development of the supply chain optimization and planning for the environment (SCOPE) tool applied to solar energy

IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Reich Weiser, Corinne ^a   Fletcher, Tristan ^a   Dornfeld, David A ^a   Horne, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SolFocus Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Greenhouse gas emissions; Operations research; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; CONCENTRATOR SYSTEMS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION TOOLS; ENERGY DEMANDS; ENERGY METRICS; ENERGY PAY BACK TIME; ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PAY BACK TIME; SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMIZATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPETITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENERGY MANAGEMENT; GAS SUPPLY; GASES; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; LIFE CYCLE; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; TECHNOLOGY;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 51849105266     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISEE.2008.4562871     Document Type: Conference Paper

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