Is the use of renewable energy sources an answer to the problems of global warming and pollution?

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-154

  Abbasi, Tasneem ^a   Abbasi, S A ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

biomass; environmental impact; geothermal; hydel; ocean thermal; Renewable energy; solar; wind

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL; HYDEL; OCEAN THERMAL; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOLAR; OCEAN THERMALS;

BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; NATURAL RESOURCES; POLLUTION; SOLAR ENERGY; WIND; COSTS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

FOSSIL FUEL;

ACIDIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS POWER; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FOSSIL FUEL; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; OIL PRODUCTION; OIL TRADE; POLICY MAKING; PRICE DYNAMICS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; TIDAL POWER; WAVE POWER; WIND POWER;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; ENERGY RESOURCE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; POLLUTION; RENEWABLE ENERGY;

EID: 84855885081     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2010.498754     Document Type: Article

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