Embodiment of virtual water of power generation in the electric power system in China

Applied Energy

Volumn 151, Issue , 2015, Pages 345-354

  Zhu, Xiaojie ^a   Guo, Ruipeng ^a   Chen, Bin ^b,c   Zhang, Jing ^d   Hayat, Tasawar ^c,e   Alsaedi, Ahmed ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Zhejiang Electric Power Corporation   (China)

^e QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

China; Electric transmission system; Virtual scarce water; Water intensity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947063792     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: 18729118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.04.082     Document Type: Article

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