Sustainable energy development (May 2011) with some game-changers

Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-18

  Lior, Noam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ECOS 2011 World Energy Panel; Energy assessment; Energy economics; Peak oil; Sustainability; Sustainable energy development

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; RESERVES TO PRODUCTION RATIO; SURVEYS;

ENERGY ASSESSMENT; ENERGY ECONOMICS; PEAK OIL; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT; WORLD ENERGIES;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENERGY FLUX; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOCIAL IMPACT; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIMESCALE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859102576     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.09.044     Document Type: Article

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