Multi-criteria decision analysis of concentrated solar power with thermal energy storage and dry cooling

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 13925-13933

  Klein, Sharon J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CAPACITY; BASELOAD GENERATORS; CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS; LEVELIZED COSTS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; PARABOLIC TROUGH; WATER CONSUMPTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION THEORY; ECONOMICS; HEAT STORAGE; LAND USE; SOLAR ENERGY;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

FOSSIL FUEL;

COOLING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION ANALYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; COOLING TOWER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLUID INTAKE; HEAT TRANSFER; LAND USE; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; STORAGE; THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE;

COLD TEMPERATURE; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FOSSIL FUELS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; POLICY; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84890737737     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es403553u     Document Type: Article

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