Analysis of the opportunities and challenges for renewable energy market in the Western Balkan countries

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3187-3195

  Lalic, Danijela ^a   Popovski, Kiril ^b   Gecevska, Valentina ^c   Vasilevska, Sanja Popovska ^d   Tesic, Zdravko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^b Macedonian Geothermal Association   (Macedonia)

^c SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^d Faculty of Technical Sciences   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

Renewable energy sources RES; Western Balkan countries WB

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; POWER MARKETS;

BALKAN COUNTRIES; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES; ENERGY INTENSITY; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; PRESENT SITUATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY MARKETS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 79955912858     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.04.011     Document Type: Review

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