Hydro, wind and solar power as a base for a 100% renewable energy supply for South and Central America

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  De Barbosa, Larissa Souza Noel Simas ^a,b   Bogdanov, Dmitrii ^c   Vainikka, Pasi ^b   Breyer, Christian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; NATURAL GAS; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS ENERGY; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DAM (BARRIER); DESALINATION; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY YIELD; GAS TURBINE POWER; HYDROPOWER; SOLAR ENERGY; SOUTH AMERICA; WIND POWER; BIOMASS; ECONOMICS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; POWER SUPPLY; RENEWABLE ENERGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW; WIND;

BIOMASS; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NATURAL GAS; POWER PLANTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SOLAR ENERGY; SOUTH AMERICA; WATER MOVEMENTS; WIND;

EID: 85016035564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173820     Document Type: Article

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