Economic opportunities resulting from a global deployment of concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies-The example of German technology providers

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 4467-4478

  Vallentin, Daniel ^a   Viebahn, Peter ^a  

^a Institute for Ecological Economy Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Concentrating solar power; German companies; Value chain

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE TEMPERATURE; CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; CSP TECHNOLOGY; ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES; ENERGY SCENARIOS; GERMAN COMPANIES; GLOBAL MARKET; GREENPEACE; INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY; TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS; TECHNOLOGY PROVIDERS; VALUE CHAINS; VALUE CREATION;

INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; TECHNOLOGY;

SOLAR ENERGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SOLAR POWER; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

GERMANY;

EID: 77952799463     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.03.080     Document Type: Article

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