Economical - environmental evaluation of natural gas and renewable energy systems

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1550-1561

  Akbar Akhgari, Parsoon ^a   Kamalan, Hamidreza ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biogas; Hydropower; Photovoltaic; Social cost; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION; HYDROPOWER; PHOTOVOLTAIC; RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS; SOCIAL COST;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COSTS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; NATURAL GAS; STEAM ENGINEERING; WIND POWER;

BIOGAS;

EID: 84883560481     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.2946     Document Type: Article

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