Policy innovation for technology diffusion: A case-study of Japanese renewable energy public support programs

Sustainability Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 185-197

  Suwa, Aki ^a   Jupesta, Joni ^a,b  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

'Lock in' technology; Feed in tariff; Policy innovation; Renewable energy; Renewable portfolio standard

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863312165     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-012-0175-3     Document Type: Article

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