General sustainability indicator of renewable energy system based on grey relational analysis

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 37, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 1928-1936

  Liu, Gang ^a   Baniyounes, Ali M ^a   Rasul, M G ^a   Amanullah, M T O ^a   Khan, M M K ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

General sustainability indicator; Grey relational analysis; Renewable energy system; Solar photovoltaic; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; GREY RELATIONAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS METHODS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS; SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUZZY SETS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; TOOLS; WIND POWER;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84886242822     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.3016     Document Type: Article

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