Regional integration to support full renewable power deployment for Europe by 2050

Environmental Politics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 727-742

  Patt, Anthony ^a   Komendantova, Nadejda ^a   Battaglini, Antonella ^b   Lilliestam, Johan ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy policy; Investment security; Renewable electricity; Security of supply; Supergrid

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ENERGY POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; INVESTMENT; QUOTA SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STAKEHOLDER;

EUROPE;

EID: 80053006004     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2011.608537     Document Type: Article

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