Considering the total cost of electricity from sunlight and the alternatives

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 283-286

  Fthenakis, Vasilis ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COST OF ELECTRICITY; ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; FUTURE GENERATIONS; MATERIAL RESOURCES; PHOTOVOLTAIC ELECTRICITIES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84928342782     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2015.2399052     Document Type: Article

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