Methodological review of UK and international low carbon scenarios

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 6056-6065

  Hughes, Nick ^a   Strachan, Neil ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy scenarios; Modelling; Transitions

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; MODELS;

ENERGY SCENARIOS; LOW CARBON; LOW-CARBON FUTURES; MILITARY PLANNING; OVER RELIANCE; SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT; SCENARIO STUDIES; SOCIAL CONSTRAINTS;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

CARBON EMISSION; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY POLICY; MODELING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77956407579     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.05.061     Document Type: Article

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