Ontario feed-in-tariff programs

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3885-3893

  Yatchew, Adonis ^a   Baziliauskas, Andy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Feed in tariff; Renewable energy; Solar photovoltaic

Indexed keywords

FEED-IN-TARIFF; FIRST YEAR; GENERATING CAPACITY; ONTARIO; ONTARIO , CANADA; PROVINCIAL LEGISLATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; WIND GENERATION;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY; WIND POWER;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 79957631928     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.01.033     Document Type: Article

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