Implications of carbon cap-and-trade for US voluntary renewable energy markets

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2063-2073

  Bird, Lori A ^a   Holt, Edward ^b   Levenstein Carroll, Ghita ^c  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Ed Holt and Associates   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cap and trade; Carbon policy; Renewable energy markets

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY POLICY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MARKETING; POWER GENERATION;

CARBON CAP-AND-TRADE; RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY MARKET;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

CARBON EMISSION; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43049183428     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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