More competition: Threat or chance for financing renewable electricity?

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1436-1447

  Szabó, Sándor ^a   Jäger Waldau, Arnulf ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electricity generation portfolio; Liberalisation; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; INVESTMENTS; MARKETING;

ELECTRICITY MARKET; ENERGY SECTOR;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; LIBERALIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

EID: 40149095370     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2007.12.020     Document Type: Article

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