Mitigating the anthropogenic global warming in the electric power industry

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2747-2761

  Akorede, M F ^a,b   Hizam, H ^a   Ab Kadir, M Z A ^a   Aris, I ^a   Buba, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

carbon capture and storage; CCS; GHG; gigatons; global warming potential; greenhouse gas; Gt; GWP; IEA; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; International Energy Administration; IPCC; metric tons of carbon dioxide; UNFCCC; United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Indexed keywords

CARBON CAPTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LOSSES;

GIGATONS; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; IPCC; UNFCCC; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84858732783     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.02.037     Document Type: Review

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