Concerning the global-scale introduction of renewable energies: Technical and economic challenges

MRS Energy and Sustainability

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Faiman, David ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

energy; environment; photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; FOSSIL FUELS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ECONOMIC CHALLENGES; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; ELECTRICITY-GENERATION; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENT; FUNDINGS; GLOBAL SCALE; PHOTOVOLTAICS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES;

TAXATION;

EID: 84907965633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23292237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/mre.2014.8     Document Type: Review

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