What is the global potential for renewable energy?

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 244-252

  Moriarty, Patrick ^a   Honnery, Damon ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Energy analysis; Environmental constraints; Renewable energy; Technical potential

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; NUCLEAR FUELS; PROVEN RESERVES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ENERGY ANALYSIS; ENERGY SOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; TECHNICAL POTENTIAL; WORLD ENERGY DEMAND;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 82355175808     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.07.151     Document Type: Review

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