Assessment of sustainability indicators for renewable energy technologies

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1082-1088

  Evans, Annette ^a   Strezov, Vladimir ^a   Evans, Tim J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emissions; Price; Renewable energy; Social impacts; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ENERGY CONVERSION; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LIFE CYCLE; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY; WIND POWER;

EMISSIONS; PRICE; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SOCIAL IMPACTS; SUSTAINABILITY;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 61749091429     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2008.03.008     Document Type: Review

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