Environmental impacts of utility-scale solar energy

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 766-779

  Hernandez, R R ^a,b   Easter, S B ^b,c   Murphy Mariscal, M L ^d   Maestre, F T ^e   Tavassoli, M ^b   Allen, E B ^d   Barrows, C W ^d   Belnap, J ^f   Ochoa Hueso, R ^g   Ravi, S ^a   Allen, M F ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Ecofactor   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Desert; Greenhouse gas emissions; Land use and land cover change; Photovoltaic; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL COMPATIBILITY; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGE; LAND-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; SOLAR ENERGY; WATER RESOURCES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84885108696     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.08.041     Document Type: Review

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