Sustainability analysis of renewables for climate change mitigation

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 25-36

  Manish, S ^a   Pillai, Indu R ^a   Banerjee, Rangan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTROLYSIS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS GENERATORS; GASIFICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LIFE CYCLE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; STEAM REFORMING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WIND POWER;

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG); LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL POWER GENERATION; WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 65549126316     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0973-0826(08)60553-0     Document Type: Article

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