Reshaping energy policy for sustainable development: Curbing Iran’s carbon emission monster via renewable energies

Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 830-840

  Eshraghi, Hadi ^a   Maleki, Abbas ^b,c  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change mitigation; Emission factor; Energy policy; LEAP model; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COSTS; FOSSIL FUELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; EMISSION FACTORS; LEAP MODELS; OPPORTUNITY COSTS; PRIMARY RESOURCES; PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

ENERGY POLICY;

EID: 84992482483     PISSN: 15567249     EISSN: 15567257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15567249.2013.810313     Document Type: Article

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