Changing Sunshine: Analyzing the dynamics of solar electricity policies in the global context

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 5188-5198

  Deshmukh, Ranjit ^a,d   Bharvirkar, Ranjit ^b   Gambhir, Ashwin ^c   Phadke, Amol ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Itron   (United States)

^c PRAYAS Health Group   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Policies; Renewable energy; Solar

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; GLOBAL CONTEXT; GLOBAL OBJECTIVE; MULTIPLE OBJECTIVES; POLICY MAKERS; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL SUPPORT; POWER POLICY; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOLAR; SOLAR ELECTRICITY; SOLAR INDUSTRIES;

COST REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; PUBLIC POLICY;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84862743227     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.04.020     Document Type: Review

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