Technology transfer in the clean development mechanism: Insights from wind power

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 301-313

  Lema, Adrian ^a   Lema, Rasmus ^b  

^a Ministry of Climate   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

CDM; Clean development mechanism; Climate change; Developing countries; Renewable energy; Technological capabilities; Technology transfer; Wind power

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; LITERATURE REVIEW; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; WIND POWER;

CHINA; INDIA;

EID: 84872618642     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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