The impact of state financial incentives on market deployment of solar technology

Energy Policy

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 550-557

  Sarzynski, Andrea ^a   Larrieu, Jeremy ^b   Shrimali, Gireesh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (India)

Author keywords

Financial incentives; Policy impact; Solar technology

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; FINANCIAL INCENTIVES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY; SOLAR PVS; SOLAR TECHNOLOGY;

COMMERCE;

TECHNOLOGY;

ENERGY POLICY; FINANCE; INCENTIVE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861225044     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.04.032     Document Type: Article

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