Electricity production using renewable resources in urban centres

Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers: Energy

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 12-25

  Barragán Escandón, Antonio ^a,b   Terrados Cepeda, Julio ^b   Zalamea León, Esteban ^c   Arias Reyes, Pablo ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA SALESIANA   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE CUENCA   (Ecuador)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CUENCA   (Ecuador)

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EID: 85040769779     PISSN: 17514223     EISSN: 17514231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/jener.17.00003     Document Type: Article

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