Are the land and other resources required for total substitution of fossil fuel power systems impossibly large? Evidence from concentrating solar power and China

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 46, Issue , 2015, Pages 275-281

  Mathews, John A ^a,b   Hu, Mei Chih ^c   Wu, Ching Yan ^d  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LUISS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

China; Concentrating Solar Power (CSP); Land and resources; Sustainable energy future

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; FOSSIL FUELS; SOLAR ENERGY;

CHINA; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; ENERGY FUTURE; ENERGY SYSTEMS; LAND AND RESOURCE; POWER; RENEWABLES; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUTURE;

CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84925351692     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.02.045     Document Type: Review

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