Solar powered charge stations for electric vehicles

Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1298-1308

  Goldin, Erica ^a,c   Erickson, Larry ^a   Natarajan, Bala ^a   Brase, Gary ^b   Pahwa, Anil ^a  

^a Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Alternative energy; Climate change; Energy policy; Greenhouse gas

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY POLICY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GASES;

AIR POLLUTANT EMISSION; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CHARGING STATION; ECONOMIC VALUES; ELECTRICITY SOURCE; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; URBAN AIR QUALITY; WORLD POPULATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84908028195     PISSN: 19447442     EISSN: 19447450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.11898     Document Type: Article

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