Understanding cross-national trends in high-tech renewable power equipment exports to the United States

Energy Policy

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 308-318

  Sawhney, Aparna ^a   Kahn, Matthew E ^b  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

International trade; Renewable power

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; BALANCE OF SYSTEMS; CROSS-NATIONAL; HIGH-TECH EQUIPMENTS; POWER EQUIPMENT; RENEWABLE POWER; RENEWABLE POWER GENERATION;

EQUIPMENT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENERGY RESOURCE; EQUIPMENT; EXPORT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; IMPORT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; WIND POWER;

CHINA; INDIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861224872     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.03.066     Document Type: Article

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