Powering sustainable low-carbon economies: Some facts and figures

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 1626-1633

  Youinou, Gilles J ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 emissions; Costs; Natural resources; Nuclear energy; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

CARBON CAPTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COAL STORAGE; ECONOMICS; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS PLANTS; INVESTMENTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; SOLAR ENERGY;

% REDUCTIONS; CO 2 EMISSION; COAL POWER PLANTS; ENERGY MIX; GAS POWER PLANTS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; LOW CARBON ECONOMY; MOST LIKELY; POWER SECTOR; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84944809911     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.08.067     Document Type: Review

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