The geography of solar photovoltaics (pv) and a new low carbon urban transition theory

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2537-2556

  Newton, Peter ^a   Newman, Peter ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decarbonising cities; Distributed energy generation; Green technology for suburbs; Renewable energy; Solar photovoltaics; Urban energy transitions

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FOSSIL FUEL; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR RADIATION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84882807274     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su5062537     Document Type: Article

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