Vulnerability of solar energy infrastructure and output to climate change

Climatic Change

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-102

  Patt, Anthony ^a,b   Pfenninger, Stefan ^a,c   Lilliestam, Johan ^a,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VULNERABILITY; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURES; EXTREME EVENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; POTENTIAL VALUES; PV CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; DESIGN; EXTREME EVENT; HEATING; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE; SOLAR POWER; VULNERABILITY;

HARNESS;

EID: 84886592822     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0887-0     Document Type: Article

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