Technological learning and renewable energy costs: implications for US renewable energy policy

Energy Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1645-1658

  Kobos, Peter H ^a   Erickson, Jon D ^b   Drennen, Thomas E ^a,c  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning by doing; Renewable energy costs; Research expenditures

Indexed keywords

COSTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

LEARNING BY DOING; RENEWABLE ENERGY COSTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY; RESEARCH EXPENDITURES; TECHNOLOGICAL LEARNING;

ENERGY POLICY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

EID: 33645916415     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2004.12.008     Document Type: Article

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