A figure of merit for evaluating sustainability of renewable energy systems

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1640-1643

  Varun, ^a   Prakash, Ravi ^b   Bhat, I K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Electricity; Figure of merit; Gross carbon; Renewable; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSIONS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FIGURE OF MERIT; GROSS CARBON; RENEWABLE ENERGY BASED ELECTRICITY; RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS; SMALL HYDRO POWER; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; TOTAL ENERGY;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WIND POWER;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 77950864311     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2010.02.003     Document Type: Review

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