A " Grammar" for assessing the performance of power-supply systems: Comparing nuclear energy to fossil energy

Energy

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 162-177

  Diaz Maurin, François ^a   Giampietro, Mario ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biophysical economics; Fossil energy; Integrated analysis; Nuclear energy; Power generation; Power supply systems

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FORMAL CONCEPT ANALYSIS; POWER GENERATION; SEMANTICS;

ENERGY ACCOUNTING; ENERGY CARRIERS; EXTERNAL CONSTRAINTS; FOSSIL ENERGY; HUMAN LABOR; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; INTEGRATED ANALYSIS; INTERNAL CONSTRAINTS; POWER CAPACITY; POWER SUPPLY; PRIMARY ENERGY SOURCE; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS;

NUCLEAR ENERGY;

BIOPHYSICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY RESOURCE; FOSSIL FUEL; FUEL CONSUMPTION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTEREST RATE; LABOR; NUCLEAR POWER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84871722044     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.11.014     Document Type: Article

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