Enhancing renewable energy in the Arab States of the Gulf: Constraints & efforts

Energy Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 3719-3726

  Patlitzianas, Konstantinos D ^a   Doukas, Haris ^a   Psarras, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS NTUA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arab States of the Gulf; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; KYOTO PROTOCOL;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INVESTMENTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENERGY POLICY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY PLANNING; INVESTMENT; KYOTO PROTOCOL; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 33750090369     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2005.08.018     Document Type: Article

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