Energy sprawl, land taking and distributed generation: towards a multi-layered density

Energy Policy

Volumn 98, Issue , 2016, Pages 266-273

  Moroni, Stefano ^a   Antoniucci, Valentina ^b   Bisello, Adriano ^b,c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distributed generation; Energy sprawl; Prosumers; Renewable energy; Smart grid; Urban density

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOSSIL FUEL DEPOSITS; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; FOSSIL FUELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SMART POWER GRIDS; TAXATION; WIND TURBINES;

ENERGY SPRAWL; PROSUMERS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SMART GRID; URBAN DENSITY;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; FOSSIL FUEL; LAND USE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 84986264916     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2016.08.040     Document Type: Article

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