Supporting solar power in renewables portfolio standards: Experience from the United States

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3894-3905

  Wiser, Ryan ^a   Barbose, Galen ^a   Holt, Edward ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Ed Holt and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Renewables portfolio standards; Resource diversity; Solar

Indexed keywords

POLICY DESIGN; PROGRAM GOALS; RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; RENEWABLES PORTFOLIO STANDARDS; RESOURCE DIVERSITY; SOLAR; SOLAR POWER;

SOLAR RADIATION; STANDARDS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ELECTRICITY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; STANDARD (REGULATION);

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957648103     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.11.025     Document Type: Article

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