Australian renewable energy policy: Barriers and challenges

Renewable Energy

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 711-721

  Byrnes, Liam ^a   Brown, Colin ^a   Foster, John ^a   Wagner, Liam D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Energy policy; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT; REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY; RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR;

EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; INVESTMENTS;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

CARBON EMISSION; CLEANER PRODUCTION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY PLANNING; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCENTIVE; INVESTMENT; POLICY MAKING; POWER GENERATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84880381091     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.06.024     Document Type: Article

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