Renewable energy in upper North Africa: Present versus 2025-horizon perspectives optimization using a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) framework

Renewable Energy

Volumn 43, Issue , 2012, Pages 364-369

  Boubaker, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis (DEA); European Union; North Africa; Renewable energy; Solar energy; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

CONNECTED NETWORKS; EUROPEAN UNION; NORTH AFRICA; PROBABILISTIC OPTIMIZATION; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; RENEWABLE SOURCES;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR ENERGY; WIND POWER;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

BIOMASS POWER; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; OPTIMIZATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; WIND POWER;

NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 84856510666     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.11.049     Document Type: Article

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