Solar radiation as large-scale resource for energy-short world

Energy and Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 319-329

  Liu, Quanhua ^a,d   Yu, Gengfa ^b   Liu, Jue J ^c  

^a Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation   (United States)

^b Jiangsu Huadian Qishiyan Electric Power Co Ltd   (China)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Renewable Energy Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; New forcing on climate change; Solar energy resource

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; THERMAL ENERGY;

AUSTRALIA; CARBON-BASED FUELS; CLEAN ENERGY SOURCES; CLOUDY DAYS; EARTH'S SURFACE; ELECTRIC POWER; ENERGY SHORTAGES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; FOSSIL FUEL BURNING; GENERATE ELECTRICITY; GLOBAL ENERGY; ME-XICO; NEW FORCING ON CLIMATE CHANGE; NIGHT TIME; ON-DEMAND; SOLAR ENERGY NETWORKS; SOLAR HEAT; SOUTH AMERICA;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; FOSSIL FUEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMAL POWER;

EID: 65849479145     PISSN: 0958305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/095830509788066466     Document Type: Article

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