Energy trends in Palestinian territories of West Bank and Gaza Strip: Possibilities for reducing the reliance on external energy sources

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue , 2013, Pages 117-129

  Ismail, M S ^a   Moghavvemi, M ^a,b   Mahlia, T M I ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c Universiti Tenaga Nasional   (Malaysia)

^d SYIAH KUALA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Palestinian territories; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY SECURITY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

ENERGY CONSERVATION POLICY; ENERGY DEPENDENCY; EXTERNAL ENERGY SOURCES; EXTERNAL SOURCES; PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES; PERCAPITA CONSUMPTION; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY FIELDS;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84882392660     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.07.047     Document Type: Review

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