Can Europe run on renewable energy? A negative case

Energy Policy

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 845-850

  Trainer, Ted ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intermittency; Limits to growth; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS POTENTIAL; BIOMASS RESOURCES; CAPITAL COSTS; INTERMITTENCY; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

ENERGY POLICY;

SOLAR ENERGY;

BIOMASS POWER; ENERGY POLICY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; WIND POWER;

EUROPE;

EID: 84887204632     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.09.027     Document Type: Article

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