The first step towards a 100% renewable energy-system for Ireland

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 502-507

  Connolly, D ^a   Lund, H ^b   Mathiesen, B V ^b   Leahy, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

100 Renewable energy system; Biomass; Electric heating; Hydrogen; Ireland

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ELECTRIC HEATING; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROGEN;

100% RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS; ENERGY SYSTEM ANALYSIS; IRELAND; LARGE PENETRATIONS; REFERENCE MODELING; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TRANSPORT SECTORS;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOMASS POWER; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY PLANNING; FOSSIL FUEL; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROGEN; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

IRELAND;

EID: 78049366769     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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