Likely Market-penetrations of Renewable-energy Technologies

Applied Energy

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-38

  Mackay, R M ^a   Probert, S D ^b  

^a Mackay Research   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIGURE OF MERIT CRITERION; LEARNING CURVE THEORY;

COSTS; MARKETING; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; WIND TURBINES;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ENERGY COSTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; WIND POWER;

EID: 0031777530     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-2619(97)00054-8     Document Type: Article

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