Design of local roadway infrastructure to service sustainable energy facilities

Energy, Sustainability and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  AbdelWarith, Karim A ^a   Anastasopoulos, Panagiotis Ch ^b   Richardson, Wayne ^c   Fricker, Jon D ^a   Haddock, John E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University of New York   (United States)

^c Bertsch Frank Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass plant; Ethanol plant; Roadway infrastructure; Sustainable energy facilities; Wind farm

Indexed keywords

BIOETHANOL; BIOMASS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ETHANOL; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; WIND POWER;

BIOMASS PLANTS; ETHANOL PLANTS; ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; WIND FARM;

HIGHWAY PLANNING;

DESIGN; ENERGY RESOURCE; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SOFTWARE; SUSTAINABILITY; WIND FARM;

INDIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929000741     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21920567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2192-0567-4-14     Document Type: Article

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