Providing all global energy with wind, water, and solar power, Part II: Reliability, system and transmission costs, and policies

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1170-1190

  Delucchi, Mark A ^a   Jacobson, Mark Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Solar power; Water power; Wind power

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER; ENERGY SUPPLIES; ENERGY SYSTEMS; GLOBAL DEMAND; GLOBAL ENERGY; IN-VEHICLE; OVER-SIZING; PEAK GENERATION; POLICY MEASURES; POWER SUPPLY; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RESPONSE MANAGEMENT; SOLAR POWER; TRANSMISSION COSTS;

CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY POLICY; POWER GENERATION; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; WATER POWER; WATER RESOURCES; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND POWER;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; DESIGN; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY POLICY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; WIND POWER;

EID: 79952070874     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.11.045     Document Type: Article

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