Renewable energy technology developments, trends and policy implications that can underpin the drive for global climate change

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 68, Issue , 2017, Pages 1112-1114

  Foley, Aoife ^a   Olabi, Abdul Ghani ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Batteries; Bioenergy; Biogas; Carbon emissions; District heating; Economics; Energy storage; Industry; Policy; Renewable energy technology; Social aspects

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006341853     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.12.065     Document Type: Editorial

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