Life cycle assessment of central solar heating plants with seasonal storage

Energy Procedia

Volumn 48, Issue , 2014, Pages 966-976

  Raluy, Rosa Gemma ^a   Serra, Luis M ^a   Guadalfajara, Mateo ^a   Lozano, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

CSHPSS; District heating; Life Cycle Assessment; Seasonal storage; Solar thermal energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898944893     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.02.110     Document Type: Conference Paper

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