Integrated scenarios for energy: A methodology for the short term

Futures

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 41-57

  Mahony, Tadhg O' ^a,b  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b IMDEA ENERGY INSTITUTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions; Energy; Forecast; Integrated; Scenario; Short term

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CARBON EMISSION; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FORECASTING METHOD; HOLISTIC APPROACH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

IRELAND;

EID: 84892842995     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2013.11.002     Document Type: Article

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