Potential for rooftop photovoltaics in Tokyo to replace nuclear capacity

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Stoll, B L ^a   Smith, T A ^a   Deinert, M R ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Fukushima; Japan; nuclear power; photovoltaic; pumped hydrostorage; renewable; TEPCO; Tokyo

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; SOLAR ENERGY;

FUKUSHIMA; JAPAN; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PUMPED HYDROSTORAGE; RENEWABLE; TEPCO; TOKYO;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

DATA SET; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; NATURAL DISASTER; NUCLEAR POWER; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO];

EID: 84876196872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/014042     Document Type: Article

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