By 2050 solar power could end US dependence on foreign oil and slash greenhouse gas emissions

被引：97

作者：

Zweibel, Ken ^{[1
]}

Mason, James ^{[2
,3
]}

Fthenakis, Vasilis ^{[4
,5
]}

机构：

[1] Prime Star Solar, Golden, CO USA

[2] Solar Energy Campaign, Farmingdale, NY USA

[3] Hydrogen Res Inst, Farmingdale, NY USA

[4] Brookhaven Natl Lab, Photovolta Environm Res Ctr, Upton, NY 11973 USA

[5] Columbia Univ, Ctr Life Cycle Anal, New York, NY 10027 USA

来源：

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN | 2008年 / 298卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1038/scientificamerican0108-64

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Slash greenhouse gases and foreign fuel has been the source of energy in United States so far. Now, solar energy could become the next source of energy, according to researchers. A massive switch from coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear power to solar power could supply 69% of US.'s electricity and 35% of its total energy by the year 2050. Large solar concentrator power plants would be built as well.

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