Take-or-pay contracts for renewables deployment

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2481-2503

  Johnston, Angus ^a   Kavali, Amalia ^a   Neuhoff, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Regulatory risk; Renewable support policy; Transition

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RISKS;

INFRA-MARGINAL TECHNOLOGIES; REGULATORY RISK;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; INCENTIVE; REGULATORY APPROACH; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 44649110794     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.02.017     Document Type: Article

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