Sustainable energy usage in Oman - Opportunities and barriers

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3780-3788

  Al Badi, A H ^a   Malik, A ^a   Gastli, A ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Barriers; Energy conservation; Incentives; Oman; Renewable energy; Solar; Wind

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WIND;

BARRIERS; INCENTIVES; OMAN; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOLAR;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 79961013821     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.06.007     Document Type: Review

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