The wasted energy: A metric to set up appropriate targets in our path towards fully renewable energy systems

Energy

Volumn 90, Issue , 2015, Pages 900-909

  Vinagre Díaz, Juan José ^a   Wilby, Mark Richard ^a   Rodríguez González, Ana Belén ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Energy objectives in the EU; Primary energy factors; Renewable energy; Wasted energy

Indexed keywords

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EUROPEAN LEGISLATION; OPTIMUM STRATEGY; PRIMARY ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS; RENEWABLE SOURCES; WASTED ENERGY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

DESIGN METHOD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RESOURCE; EUROPEAN UNION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WASTE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84939211203     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.07.118     Document Type: Article

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