Photovoltaic deployment strategy in Japan and the USA-an institutional appraisal

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1186-1195

  Shum, Kwok L ^a   Watanabe, Chihiro ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Institutional structure of production; Open and close model; Strategic niche management

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

DISTRIBUTED GENERATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEPLOYMENT STRATEGY; STRATEGIC NICHE MANAGEMENT;

ENERGY POLICY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845443789     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2006.02.014     Document Type: Article

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