How sustainable can desalination be?

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 51, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 44-52

  Baten, Rudolf ^a   Stummeyer, Karen ^a  

^a FICHTNER GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Energy demand; MENA case studies; Renewable energy sources; Sustainability; Water production costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875797975     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.705061     Document Type: Article

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