Renewables portfolio, individual preferences and social values towards RES technologies

Energy Policy

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 467-476

  Kontogianni, Areti ^a   Tourkolias, Christos ^a   Skourtos, Michalis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Greece; Renewable energy sources

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATIONS; ECONOMIC WELFARE; EFFECTIVE MEASURES; GREECE; INDIVIDUAL PREFERENCE; LOCAL COMMUNITY; MASSIVE DEPLOYMENT; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; RENEWABLE SOURCES; RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGY; RENEWABLES; SOCIAL VALUES; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ECONOMICS; ENERGY POLICY; NATURAL RESOURCES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RISK PERCEPTION;

TECHNOLOGY;

CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RISK PERCEPTION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; GREECE; LESBOS; NORTHERN AEGEAN;

EID: 84873151301     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.12.033     Document Type: Article

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