Solar power investment in North Africa: Reducing perceived risks

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 4829-4835

  Komendantova, Nadejda ^a   Patt, Anthony ^a   Williges, Keith ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

North Africa; Renewable energies in developing economies; Risk to investment into renewable energy sources; Solar power

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY SECURITY; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS;

ATTRACTIVE SOLUTIONS; CLIMATE PROTECTION; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER PLANT; DEVELOPING ECONOMIES; ELECTRICITY CONSUMERS; NORTH AFRICA; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; RENEWABLE POWER PRODUCTION;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 81855163347     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.07.068     Document Type: Review

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