Limits to solar thermal energy set by intermittency and low DNI: Implications from meteorological data

Energy Policy

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 910-917

  Trainer, Ted ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Limits to growth; Renewable energy; Solar thermal power

Indexed keywords

BUREAU OF METEOROLOGIES; ENERGY INPUTS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY; SOLAR THERMAL POWER; SOLAR THERMAL POWER GENERATION; SOLAR THERMAL SYSTEMS;

METEOROLOGY; SOLAR ENERGY;

SOLAR HEATING;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; THERMAL POWER;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84887194177     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.07.065     Document Type: Article

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