Solar power technologies for sustainable electricity generation - A review

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 414-425

  Khan, Jibran ^a,b   Arsalan, Mudassar H ^a  

^a DAWOOD UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Fossil fuels; Hazardous; Photovoltaic technology; Solar energy; Sustainable power generation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; FOSSIL FUELS; HAZARDS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CLEAN ENERGY; CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; ELECTRICITY-GENERATION; ENERGY; HAZARDOUS; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLAR POWER TECHNOLOGIES; SUSTAINABLE POWER GENERATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84947737345     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.10.135     Document Type: Review

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