A survey of China's renewable energy economy

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 438-445

  Ma, Hengyun ^a,b   Oxley, Les ^b   Gibson, John ^c   Li, Wen ^a  

^a HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Biomass; China; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

CHINA; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY; RENEWABLE ENERGY LAW;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; SURVEYS;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 70349559409     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2009.07.029     Document Type: Review

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