Life-cycle uses of water in U.S. electricity generation

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2039-2048

  Fthenakis, Vasilis ^a,b   Kim, Hyung Chul ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Electricity; Life cycle; Photovoltaics; Renewable energy; Water use

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956076693     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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