Does willingness to pay for green energy differ by source?

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3327-3334

  Borchers, Allison M ^a   Duke, Joshua M ^a   Parsons, George R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Solar; Wind

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; FEES AND CHARGES; METHANE; SOLAR ENERGY; WIND POWER;

FARM METHANE; GREEN ENERGY ELECTRICITY;

ENERGY POLICY;

BIOMASS; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY RESOURCE; METHANE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; VOLUNTARY APPROACH; WILLINGNESS TO PAY; WIND POWER;

EID: 33947722667     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2006.12.009     Document Type: Article

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