Tradable white certificate schemes: Fundamental concepts

Energy Efficiency

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 237-255

  Bertoldi, Paolo ^a   Rezessy, Silvia ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Design and operational features; France; Great Britain; Italy; White certificate systems

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

AND VERIFICATIONS; CARBON MARKETS; ENERGY DISTRIBUTORS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS; ENERGY SAVINGS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; FRANCE; FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; GREAT BRITAIN; INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES; ITALY; WHITE CERTIFICATE SYSTEMS; WHITE CERTIFICATES;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 54349092770     PISSN: 1570646X     EISSN: 15706478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12053-008-9021-y     Document Type: Article

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