Contribution of the solar energy in the sustainable tourism development of the Mediterranean islands

Renewable Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 667-673

  Michalena, Evanthie ^a   Tripanagnostopoulos, Yiannis ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Photovoltaics; Solar collectors; Solar energy systems; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

BEST PRACTICE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY OUTPUT; FLAT PLATE; GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS; LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; MARKETING STRATEGY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PRODUCTS AND SERVICES; SOCIAL NEEDS; SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE TOURISM; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; MARKETING; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR RADIATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER HEATERS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOTOURISM; INNOVATION; MARKETING; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 71549136180     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.08.016     Document Type: Article

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