Energy service companies in European countries: Current status and a strategy to foster their development

Energy Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1818-1832

  Bertoldi, Paolo ^a   Rezessy, Silvia ^b   Vine, Edward ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; ESCOs; Europe

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ENERGY AUTHORITIES; ENERGY SERVICE COMPANIES; LONG-TERM STRATEGY; POLICY INITIATIVES;

ENERGY POLICY;

ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ENERGY POLICY;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646016555     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2005.01.010     Document Type: Article

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