The Regional Energy & Water Supply Scenarios (REWSS) model, part II: Case studies in Pennsylvania and Arizona

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 237-246

  Dale, Alexander T ^a,b   Bilec, Melissa M ^a,b  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy policy; Scenarios; Shale gas; Solar; Water energy nexus

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DESALINATION; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GROUNDWATER; POPULATION STATISTICS; SHALE; SHALE GAS; SOLAR ENERGY; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SCENARIOS; SOLAR; SUPPLY LIMITATIONS; WATER AND ENERGIES; WATER-ENERGY NEXUS;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; GREENHOUSE GAS; MODEL VALIDATION; SHALE; SOLAR POWER; WATER SUPPLY;

ARIZONA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904998701     PISSN: 22131388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seta.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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