Fernandes, Bartolomeu; Cunha, Jorge; Ferreira, Paula - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 15 (2011) 9, pp. 4491-4497
Energy shortage, global warming, and climate change led to an increase in the use of alternative sources of energy, with renewable energy sources (RES) playing a fundamental role in this new energetic paradigm. However, the investment costs often constitute a major barrier to their spread use....