Mirrors in the sky: Status, sustainability, and some supporting materials experiments

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue , 2013, Pages 401-415

  Lior, Noam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryogenic mirrors; Illumination; Mirrors; Solar mirrors; Space energy; Space mirrors

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; ANGLE CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVE; CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES; ENERGY CONCEPT; GLOBAL WARMING PROBLEMS; GROWING SEASON; IN-ORBIT; MECHANICAL TESTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; POWER SOURCES; PROPERTY CHANGES; RATE OF RETURN; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOVIET UNION; SPACE ENERGY; SPECIFIC SITES; STATE OF THE ART; SUPPORTING MATERIAL; SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL COLLECTORS; TRANSPORTATION COST;

AGRICULTURE; CRYOGENICS; EARNINGS; EARTH (PLANET); ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTS; GLOBAL WARMING; INVESTMENTS; LIGHTING; MIRRORS; ORBITS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUN; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WEATHER MODIFICATION;

OPTICAL TESTING;

EID: 84869098648     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.09.008     Document Type: Review

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