Is climate change-centrism an optimal policy making strategy to set national electricity mixes?

Applied Energy

Volumn 159, Issue , 2015, Pages 108-116

  Vázquez Rowe, Ian ^a,b   Reyna, Janet L ^c   García Torres, Samy ^a   Kahhat, Ramzy ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Electricity production; GHG emissions; Life Cycle Assessment; Peru; Spain

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; POLLUTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; GHG EMISSION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PERU; SPAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SUSTAINABILITY;

PERU; SPAIN;

EID: 84941268213     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.08.121     Document Type: Article

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