Development of a general sustainability indicator for renewable energy systems: A review

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue , 2014, Pages 611-621

  Liu, Gang ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

General sustainability indicator; Renewable energy system; Sustainability assessment

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84892921474     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.12.038     Document Type: Review

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