Current state of development of electricity-generating technologies: A literature review

Energies

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 462-591

  Lenzen, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon capture and storage; Electricity generation; Global status review; Nuclear energy; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

CARBON CAPTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GREENHOUSE GASES; NUCLEAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; WIND POWER;

CONCENTRATING SOLAR; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; LITERATURE REVIEWS; LOW-CARBON TECHNOLOGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; TECHNICAL INFORMATION; VARIABILITY OF WIND POWER;

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS;

EID: 77950563526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en3030462     Document Type: Review

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