The unrecognized contribution of renewable energy to Europe's energy savings target

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3425-3433

  Harmsen, Robert ^a   Wesselink, Bart ^b   Eichhammer, Wolfgang ^c   Worrell, Ernst ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ECORYS Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy savings; Policy interaction; Renewable energy statistics

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES;

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE TARGETS; ENERGY STATISTICS; POLICY INTERACTION; PRIMARY ENERGY SAVINGS; RENEWABLE CAPACITY; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY TARGETS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY POLICY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TARGETING;

EUROPE;

EID: 79955922371     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.03.040     Document Type: Article

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