Green electricity market development: Lessons from Europe and the US

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 144-155

  Gan, Lin ^a   Eskeland, Gunnar S ^a   Kolshus, Hans H ^a  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Green electricity; Policy instruments; Renewable energy policy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY; MARKETING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRICITY POLICY; GREEN ELECTRICITY; POLICY INSTRUMENTS;

ENERGY POLICY;

CAPACITY BUILDING; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NETHERLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750166079     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2005.10.008     Document Type: Article

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