Displacement efficiency of alternative energy and trans-provincial imported electricity in China

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Hu, Yuanan ^a   Cheng, Hefa ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL FUEL;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOSSIL FUEL; PANEL DATA; POLICY MAKING;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FOSSIL ENERGY; HUMAN; HYDROPOWER; RENEWABLE ENERGY;

CHINA;

EID: 85013150721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14590     Document Type: Article

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