Reaping the benefits of renewables in a nonoptimal world

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 29, 2013, Pages 11666-11667

  Edenhofer, Ottmar ^a,b,c   Knopf, Brigitte ^a   Luderer, Gunnar ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MERCATOR RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON GLOBAL COMMONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE; COAL MINING; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; FIELD EMISSION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WELFARE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; SOLAR ENERGY; UNITED STATES; WIND;

EID: 84880344482     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1310754110     Document Type: Note

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