Policy measures to promote the widespread utilization of renewable energy technologies for electricity generation in the maldives

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1959-1973

  Van Alphen, Klaas ^a   Kunz, Huden S ^b   Hekkert, Marko P ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Market barriers; Policy evaluation; Renewable energy; SIDS; Stakeholder analysis

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COSTS; ENERGY POLICY; FORESTRY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

MARKET BARRIERS; POLICY EVALUATION; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SIDS; STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 68049143335     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2007.04.009     Document Type: Article

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