Status and perspectives of renewable energy policy and deployment in the European Union-What is needed to reach the 2020 targets?

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 7637-7657

  Klessmann, Corinna ^a   Held, Anne ^b   Rathmann, Max ^c   Ragwitz, Mario ^b  

^a Ecofys Germany   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

^c ECORYS Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

2020 Target; Europe; Renewable energy policy

Indexed keywords

2020 TARGET; BIOMASS ELECTRICITY; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; ENERGY DEMANDS; EUROPE; ONSHORE WINDS; POWER GRIDS; RECENT PROGRESS; RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY;

CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES; ECOLOGY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY POLICY;

INVESTMENTS;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 80855130300     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.08.038     Document Type: Article

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