Coordination or harmonisation? Feasible pathways for a European RES strategy beyond 2020

Energy and Environment

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 147-169

  Resch, Gustav ^a   Gephart, Malte ^b   Steinhilber, Simone ^c   Klessmann, Corinna ^b   Del Rio, Pablo ^d   Ragwitz, Mario ^c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Biomet Germany GmbH   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

^d The Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

coordination; harmonisation; long term strategy; RES support scheme

Indexed keywords

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

COOPERATION AND COORDINATION; COORDINATION; EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT; HARMONISATION; LONG-TERM STRATEGY; RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; RES SUPPORT SCHEME;

COMMERCE;

ENERGY POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; POLICY STRATEGY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84877938025     PISSN: 0958305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0958-305X.24.1-2.147     Document Type: Article

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