Assessing the benefits and costs of renewable electricity. the Spanish case

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue , 2013, Pages 294-304

  Ortega, Margarita ^a   Del Río, Pablo ^b   Montero, Eduardo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^b Institute of Public Goods and Policies   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electricity; Energy imports; Renewable energy; Support policies

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY; FOSSIL FUELS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

BENEFITS AND COSTS; ENERGY IMPORTS; RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLAR TECHNOLOGY; SUPPORT POLICY;

COSTS;

EID: 84880910117     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.06.012     Document Type: Review

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