Renewable energy certificate mechanism in India: A preliminary assessment

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue , 2013, Pages 380-392

  Gupta, Sandeep Kumar ^a   Purohit, Pallav ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Feed in tariff; India; Renewable energy certificate; Renewable purchase obligation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCE; COSTS;

DECENTRALIZED DISTRIBUTED GENERATIONS; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; FEED-IN TARIFF; INDIA; PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT; RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATES; RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY; RENEWABLE PURCHASE OBLIGATION;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84875130198     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.01.044     Document Type: Review

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