CDM wind-energy projects: Exploring small capacity thresholds and low performances

Climate Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 399-418

  Mundaca, Luis ^a   Rodhe, Håkan ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CDM; Small scale projects; Transaction costs; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; POWER GENERATION; WIND POWER;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 20644436920     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2004.9685533     Document Type: Article

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