Renewable energy technologies: Panacea for world energy security and climate change?

Procedia Computer Science

Volumn 32, Issue , 2014, Pages 731-737

  Mathews, Alexander P ^a  

^a Kansas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Energy security; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY SECURITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FOSSIL FUELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INVESTMENTS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS; INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENTS; TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTION; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84902674407     PISSN: 18770509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2014.05.483     Document Type: Conference Paper

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