Connecting water and energy: Assessing the impacts of carbon and water constraints on China's power sector

Applied Energy

Volumn 185, Issue , 2017, Pages 1497-1505

  Huang, Weilong ^a   Ma, Ding ^a   Chen, Wenying ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China TIMES model; INDC; Power sector; Water

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; WATER;

BOTTOM UP MODELS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; INDC; POWER SECTOR; RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGY; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIMES MODELING; WATER AND ENERGIES;

WATER RESOURCES;

CARBON EMISSION; COOLING; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER DEMAND; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA;

EID: 85004168846     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.12.048     Document Type: Article

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