The role of technology transfer for the development of a local wind component industry in Chile

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4274-4283

  Pueyo, Ana ^a   García, Rodrigo ^b   Mendiluce, María ^c   Morales, Darío ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Solar Energy Research Center SERC Chile   (Chile)

^c World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)   (Switzerland)

^d InnovaChile CORFO Chile   (Chile)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Renewable energy; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE-LEARNING PROCESS; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; EMERGING ECONOMIES; FOREIGN KNOWLEDGE; REGIONAL MARKETS; RENEWABLE ENERGY; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; WIND COMPONENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPETITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; WIND POWER;

BRAZIL; CHILE; INDIA;

EID: 79957642561     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.04.045     Document Type: Article

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