Renewable energy for continuous energy sustainability in Malaysia

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 967-981

  Petinrin, J O ^a   Shaaban, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Energy efficiency; Energy mix; Policy; Renewable energy; Tidal energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934877277     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.04.146     Document Type: Review

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