Material constraints for concentrating solar thermal power

Energy

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 944-954

  Pihl, Erik ^a   Kushnir, Duncan ^a   Sandén, Björn ^a   Johnsson, Filip ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Material reserves; RES; Resource scarcity; Solar energy; Thermal electricity

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL FUELS; LIFE CYCLE; SOLAR ENERGY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; CSP TECHNOLOGY; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; GLOBAL PRODUCTION; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; MARGINAL COSTS; NITRATE SALTS; PARABOLIC TROUGH; POTENTIAL MATERIALS; PREVIOUS LIFE; RES; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SCALING-UP; SOLAR THERMAL POWER; THERMAL ELECTRICITY;

MATERIALS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUEL; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NITRATE; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SOLAR POWER; THERMAL POWER;

EID: 84864377217     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.04.057     Document Type: Article

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