Exogenous promotion of sustainable electricity policies in India: Opportunities and challenges

Energy and Environment

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 403-420

  Gupta, Joyeeta ^a,b   van Asselt, Harro ^a   Kuik, Onno ^a   Evans, Chris ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Electricity sector; Foreign investment; India

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; INVESTMENTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ELECTRICITY SECTOR; FOREIGN FUNDING; FOREIGN INVESTMENT;

ENERGY POLICY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 41949118242     PISSN: 0958305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/095830507781076257     Document Type: Article

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