China's transition to green energy systems: The economics of home solar water heaters and their popularization in Dezhou city

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 5909-5919

  Li, Wei ^a   Song, Guojun ^b   Beresford, Melanie ^a   Ma, Ben ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

China; Solar water heaters; Transition

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CHINA; DEMAND-SIDE; ECONOMIC POTENTIALS; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; GREEN ENERGY; HOT WATER; INDUSTRIAL CLUSTER; INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS; LOCAL ECONOMY; MARKET LEADERSHIP; RESOURCE SCARCITY; TRANSITION;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GLOBAL WARMING; HEATING EQUIPMENT; LOCATION; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR WATER HEATERS; WATER RESOURCES;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SOLAR POWER;

CHINA; DEZHOU; SHANDONG;

EID: 80052742089     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.06.044     Document Type: Article

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