Trends toward 100% renewable electricity supply in Germany and Europe: A paradigm shift in energy policies

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 74-97

  Hohmeyer, Olav H ^a   Bohm, Sönke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CARBON CAPTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; GAS EMISSIONS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE AND STORAGE; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES; INTERNATIONAL GRIDS; RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SECURITY OF SUPPLY; UNSOLVED PROBLEMS;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

EID: 84920249774     PISSN: 20418396     EISSN: 2041840X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wene.128     Document Type: Article

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