Avoided Water Cost of Electricity Generation for Solar PV and Wind Technologies in Southern California

The objective of this thesis is to provide a foundation for evaluating the water costs associated with electricity production to calculate the avoided water cost of energy for solar PV and wind technologies relative to coal, natural gas, nuclear, geothermal, concentrated solar thermal, and biomass....

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Main Author: Cohen, Matthew
Format: Others
Published: DigitalCommons@CalPoly 2014
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Online Access:https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1301
https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2403&context=theses