Energy security and hydropower development in Malaysia: The drivers and challenges facing the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE)

Renewable Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-129

  Sovacool, Benjamin K ^a   Bulan, L C ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NONE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Borneo; Hydroelectricity; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

BORNEO; ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURES; ENERGY SECURITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES; FIELD RESEARCH; HYDRO-POWER DEVELOPMENT; HYDROELECTRIC DAMS; INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; MALAYSIA; PRIMARY DATA; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RESEARCH METHODS; SARAWAK; SITE VISITS; SPILLOVER EFFECTS;

ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; RESEARCH;

INVESTMENTS;

DAM CONSTRUCTION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FIELD SURVEY; FIELDWORK; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INVESTMENT; PROJECT DESIGN; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SITE INVESTIGATION; SOCIAL IMPACT; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

BORNEO; EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA; SARAWAK;

EID: 80755185354     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.09.032     Document Type: Article

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