Energy demands and renewable energy resources in the Middle East

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 54, Issue , 2016, Pages 1172-1181

  Nematollahi, Omid ^a   Hoghooghi, Hadi ^a   Rasti, Mehdi ^b   Sedaghat, Ahmad ^c  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b Jami Institute of Technology   (Iran)

^c NONE

Author keywords

GIS maps; Middle East; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY SECURITY; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

ENERGY; ENERGY DEMANDS; ENERGY-CONSUMPTION; GIS MAPS; MIDDLE EAST; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RETSCREEN; SOFTWARE DATA; SOLAR AND WINDS; SOURCES OF ENERGY;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 84954160660     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.10.058     Document Type: Review

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