From wasted land to megawatts: How to convert brownfields into solar power plants (the case of the Czech Republic)

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 517-528

  Klusáček, Petr ^a   Havlíček, Marek ^b   Dvořák, Petr ^a   Kunc, Josef ^a   Martinát, Stanislav ^a   Tonev, Petr ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEONICS   (Czech Republic)

^b SILVA TAROUCA RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR LANDSCAPE AND ORNAMENTAL GARDENING   (Czech Republic)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Brownfields; Czech Republic; Regeneration; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924219376     PISSN: 12118516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11118/actaun201462030517     Document Type: Article

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