Renewable energy potential on brownfield sites: A case study of Michigan

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 7021-7030

  Adelaja, Soji ^a   Shaw, Judy ^b   Beyea, Wayne ^a   Charles McKeown, J D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rutgers University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive reuse; Brownfields; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE REUSE; BROWNFIELD LAND; BROWNFIELD SITES; BROWNFIELDS; CAPACITY FACTORS; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; ENERGY POTENTIAL; MICHIGAN; RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY POTENTIALS; RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS; RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICITY; SOLAR RESOURCES; SOURCES OF ENERGY;

ENERGY POLICY; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; INVESTMENTS; WIND POWER;

SOLAR ENERGY;

BROWNFIELD SITE; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957296812     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.07.021     Document Type: Article

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