Linking electricity and water models to assess electricity choices at water-relevant scales

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Sattler, S ^a   MacKnick, J ^b   Yates, D ^c   Flores Lopez, F ^d   Lopez, A ^b   Rogers, J ^a  

^a UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING WATER; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY USE; REGIONAL WATER RESOURCES; THERMOELECTRIC COOLING; WATER MANAGEMENT MODEL; WATER MODELS; WATER WITHDRAWAL; WATERSHED LEVELS;

ELECTRICITY;

COOLING; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; POWER PLANT; TIMESCALE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

EID: 84871848771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/7/4/045804     Document Type: Article

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