Regional energy autarky: Potentials, costs and consequences for an Austrian region

Energy Policy

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 211-221

  Schmidt, J ^a   Schonhart M ^a   Biberacher, M ^b   Guggenberger, T ^c   Hausl, S ^b   Kalt, G ^d   Leduc, S ^e   Schardinger, I ^b   Schmid, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Research Studios Austria Forschungsgesellschaft mbH Studio iSPACE   (Austria)

^c Agricultural Research and Education Centre Raumberg Gumpenstein   (Austria)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^e INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

BeWhere; Energy autarky; Regional energy modeling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL BIOMASS; AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; AUSTRIA; BENEFITS AND COSTS; BEWHERE; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; ENERGY AUTARKY; ENERGY DEMANDS; ENERGY MODELING; ENERGY SYSTEM MODEL; HIGH COSTS; LAND-USE OPTIMIZATION; LEAST-COST SOLUTIONS; LOCAL PRODUCTION; LOW COSTS; MODEL RESULTS; MODELING APPROACH; PHOTOVOLTAICS; REGIONAL BIOMASS; RURAL REGIONS; SOLAR THERMAL;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY RESOURCES; FOSSIL FUELS; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

COSTS;

BIOMASS; DATA PROCESSING; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; FOSSIL FUEL; IMPORT; LAND USE; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RURAL AREA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 84862252001     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.04.059     Document Type: Article

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