Boosting solar investment with limited subsidies: Rent management and policy learning in India

Energy Policy

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 866-874

  Altenburg, Tilman ^a   Engelmeier, Tobias ^b  

^a GERMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Bridge to India   (India)

Author keywords

India; Rent management; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

'GREEN' TECHNOLOGIES; INDIA; IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE; NATIONAL SOLAR MISSIONS; POLICY DESIGN; POLICY LEARNING; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOLAR INVESTMENTS;

ENERGY POLICY; SOLAR ENERGY;

INVESTMENTS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ENERGY POLICY; INVESTMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

INDIA;

EID: 84879502029     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.04.055     Document Type: Article

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