Greenhouse gas emission reduction perspectives in the Baltic States in frames of EU energy and climate policy

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2133-2146

  Roos, Inge ^a   Soosaar, Sulev ^a   Volkova, Anna ^a   Streimikene, Dalia ^b  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b MYKOLAS ROMERIS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Energy efficiency; Energy sector; GHG emissions; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

BALTIC STATE; CLIMATE POLICY; CURRENT SITUATION; ENERGY SECTOR; ESTONIA; EUROPEAN UNION; GHG EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION; LITHUANIA; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLES;

BIOFUELS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; GAS EMISSIONS;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

EID: 84858271068     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.01.013     Document Type: Review

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