Valuation of environmental and societal trade-offs of renewable energy sources

Energy Policy

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 1148-1156

  Kosenius, Anna Kaisa ^a,b   Ollikainen, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Pellervon taloudellinen tutkimuslaitos   (Finland)

Author keywords

Choice modeling; Renewable energy; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CHOICE MODEL; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; ENERGY POLICY; GREENHOUSE GASES; NATURAL RESOURCES; WIND POWER;

COMMERCE;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOMASS POWER; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY PLANNING; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TRADE-OFF; VALUATION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY; WIND POWER;

FINLAND;

EID: 84884986065     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.07.020     Document Type: Article

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