Solar energy: Setting the economic bar from the top-down

Energy and Environmental Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 846-854

  McFarland, E W ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT SOLAR; ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY; GLOBAL ECONOMIC GROWTH; LIVING ORGANISMS; PRIMARY ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR PANELS; SOLAR RESOURCES; SUSTAINABLE POWER;

BIOLOGY; ENERGY CONVERSION; GLOBAL WARMING; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SUN; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WIND POWER;

SOLAR ENERGY;

BIOMASS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FOSSIL FUEL; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; LIGHT EFFECT; MANUFACTURING; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; SUSTAINABILITY; WIND POWER;

EID: 84897610579     PISSN: 17545692     EISSN: 17545706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3ee43714k     Document Type: Review

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