Assessment of public acceptance and willingness to pay for renewable energy sources in Crete

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1088-1095

  Zografakis, Nikolaos ^a   Sifaki, Elli ^b   Pagalou, Maria ^b   Nikitaki, Georgia ^b   Psarakis, Vasilios ^b   Tsagarakis, Konstantinos P ^c  

^a Regional Energy Agency of Crete   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Double bounded dichotomous choice; Public acceptance; Public perceptions; Renewable energy; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATIONS; PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE; PUBLIC PERCEPTION; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ECONOMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 75049084934     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2009.11.009     Document Type: Review

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