The impact of climate change on wind and solar resources in southern Africa

Applied Energy

Volumn 161, Issue , 2016, Pages 556-564

  Fant, Charles ^a   Adam Schlosser, C ^a   Strzepek, Kenneth ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Renewable energy; Solar energy; Southern Africa; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY RESOURCES; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; WIND; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; DEVELOPMENT COUNTRIES; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; SOUTHERN AFRICA; WIND AND SOLAR POWER;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GREENHOUSE GAS; IRRADIANCE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLAR POWER; SUSTAINABILITY; WIND POWER;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84946869660     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.03.042     Document Type: Article

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