Sustainable energy development: The present (2011) situation and possible paths to the future

Energy

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 174-191

  Lior, Noam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa energy; Electric cars; Energy and power assessment; Nuclear power; Shale gas and oil; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESOURCES; FUELING; NUCLEAR ENERGY; OIL SHALE; RESERVES TO PRODUCTION RATIO; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA ENERGY; ELECTRIC CARS; ENERGY AND POWER ASSESSMENT; ENERGY STATUS; ENERGY USE; FOSSIL FUEL RESOURCES; GLOBAL ECONOMIES; GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY; GOVERNMENT FUNDING; PEAK OIL; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY POTENTIALS; SHALE GAS; SOCIAL IMPACT; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT; TIME-SCALES;

SHALE OIL;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; FOSSIL FUEL; GLOBAL ECONOMY; NUCLEAR POWER; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STATE ROLE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; JAPAN;

EID: 84861775853     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.11.038     Document Type: Article

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