Assessment of Thailand's energy policies and CO2 emissions: Analyses of energy efficiency measures and renewable power generation

Energies

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3074-3093

  Promjiraprawat, Kamphol ^a   Limmeechokchai, Bundit ^a  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Emission reduction targets; Fuel import vulnerability; Power generation expansion planning (PGEP)

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY UTILIZATION;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; EFFICIENCY MEASURE; EMISSION REDUCTION; EMISSION REDUCTION TARGETS; FUEL IMPORT VULNERABILITIES; POWER GENERATION EXPANSION PLANNING (PGEP); RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY; RENEWABLE POWER GENERATION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84865788329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en5083074     Document Type: Article

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