Measuring the incremental costs of Global Environment protection: The case of grid-connected wind turbines in Morocco

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 171-187

  Swaminathan, Shiva ^a   Fankhauser, Samuel ^b  

^a SENTECH Inc   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Greenhouse gas mitigation; Incremental costs; Morocco; Renewable energy; Wind

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND POWER;

MOROCCO;

EID: 0033940684     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009606023273     Document Type: Article

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