Cyprus solar water heating cluster: A missed opportunity?

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3302-3315

  Maxoulis, Christos N ^a,b   Charalampous, Harris P ^b   Kalogirou, Soteris A ^c  

^a Cyprus Organisation for Standardisation ^*  (Cyprus)

^b Cyprus International Institute of Management   (Cyprus)

^c HIGHER TECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Diamond model; Industry statistics; Solar water heating

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MARKETING; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SOLAR COLLECTOR INDUSTRY; SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR;

SOLAR WATER HEATERS;

COMMERCIALIZATION; COMPETITIVENESS; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ENERGY MARKET; HEATING; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER;

ASIA; CYPRUS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33947713768     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2006.11.021     Document Type: Article

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