Environmental, economic and exergetic sustainability assessment of power generation from fossil and renewable energy sources

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 2916-2926

  Stougie, Lydia ^a   Giustozzi, Natalìa ^b   van der Kooi, Hedzer ^c   Stoppato, Anna ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

exergy; fossil energy; power generation; renewable energy; sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON CAPTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COAL; COAL FUELED FURNACES; COAL STORAGE; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY CONVERSION; EXERGY; FIRE TUBE BOILERS; MINING; OFFSHORE WIND FARMS; POWER GENERATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOMASS-FIRED POWER PLANTS; ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY; ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FOSSIL ENERGY; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT;

FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS;

EID: 85045387414     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.4037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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