Governmental intervention approaches to promote renewable energies-Special emphasis on Japanese feed-in tariff

Energy Policy

Volumn 43, Issue , 2012, Pages 191-201

  Ayoub, Nasser ^b   Yuji, Naka ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b HELWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Governmental policies; Promotion measures; Renewable energies

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; ENERGY SOURCE; FEED-IN TARIFF; GOVERNMENTAL INTERVENTION; GOVERNMENTAL POLICIES; LEAST COST; OPTIMAL MIXES; PROMOTION MEASURES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SIMULATION MODEL; TOTAL COSTS; UNITED NATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY POLICY; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LEAD ACID BATTERIES; SOLAR ENERGY;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CARBON EMISSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLLUTION TAX; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER;

JAPAN;

EID: 84857052445     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.12.056     Document Type: Article

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