Uk energy in an era of globalization: Trends, technologies and environmental impacts

Energy 2050: Making the Transition to a Secure Low Carbon Energy System

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 11-40

  Skea, Jim ^a   Wang, Xinxin ^b   Winskel, Mark ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UK Energy Research Centre Institute for Energy Systems University of Edinburgh ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84866915393     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849775311     Document Type: Chapter

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