Efficient use of land to meet sustainable energy needs

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 353-358

  Hernandez, Rebecca R ^a,b   Hoffacker, Madison K ^a,b   Field, Christopher B ^a,b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LAND USE; SOLAR POWER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925741691     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2556     Document Type: Article

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