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spellingShingle Burkhardt, John J., Heath, Garvin, Cohen, Elliot, Journal of Industrial Ecology, Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Trough and Tower Concentrating Solar Power Electricity Generation : Systematic Review and Harmonization, General Social Sciences, General Environmental Science
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title_short Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Trough and Tower Concentrating Solar Power Electricity Generation : Systematic Review and Harmonization
title_sort life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of trough and tower concentrating solar power electricity generation : systematic review and harmonization
title_sub Systematic Review and Harmonization
title_unstemmed Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Trough and Tower Concentrating Solar Power Electricity Generation : Systematic Review and Harmonization
topic General Social Sciences, General Environmental Science
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