Renewable energy sources (RES) projects and their barriers on a regional scale: The case study of wind parks in the Dodecanese islands, Greece

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4874-4883

  Oikonomou, Emmanouil K ^a   Kilias, Vassilios ^b   Goumas, Aggelos ^b   Rigopoulos, Alexandrous ^b   Karakatsani, Eirini ^b   Damasiotis, Markos ^b   Papastefanakis, Dimitrios ^b   Marini, Natassa ^c  

^a University Hill   (Greece)

^b CRES (Center for Renewable Energy Sources)   (Greece)

^c READ SA (Regional Energy Agency of Dodecanese)   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Islands; Renewable energy sources

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DODECANESE ISLANDS; ENERGY FORECASTS; ISOLATED COMMUNITY; KYOTO PROTOCOL; LOCAL COMMUNITY; PARTICIPATORY PLANNING; PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE; REGIONAL SCALE; REGIONAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; WIND PARK; WIND PROJECTS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INVESTMENTS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); NATURAL RESOURCES; PARKS; PROFITABILITY; REGIONAL PLANNING; RESEARCH; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

WIND POWER;

DECISION MAKING; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; KYOTO PROTOCOL; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STAKEHOLDER;

DODECANESE; GREECE; SOUTHERN AEGEAN;

EID: 70449399270     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.06.050     Document Type: Article

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