Ten years of renewable electricity policies in Spain: An analysis of successive feed-in tariff reforms

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2907-2919

  Del Río González, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Political economy; Renewable energy; Support schemes

Indexed keywords

EID: 46049106514     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.03.025     Document Type: Article

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