Estimation of critical CO2 values when planning the power source in water desalination: The case of the small Aegean islands

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3891-3897

  Karagiannis, Ioannis C ^a   Soldatos, Peter G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Desalination; Renewables

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES; COSTS AND BENEFITS; DESALINATION UNITS; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; FRESH WATER; HUMAN LIVES; LOCAL GRIDS; NATURAL DISASTERS; POLICY CHOICES; POWER SOURCES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; RENEWABLES; SOURCES OF ENERGY; WATER DESALINATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COSTS; DESALINATION; DISASTERS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; WATER; WATER FILTRATION;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESALINATION; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY USE; ESTIMATION METHOD; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; GLOBAL WARMING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; GREECE;

EID: 77952814218     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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