The profitability of electricity generating firms and policies promoting renewable energy

Energy Economics

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 858-865

  Jaraite, Jurate ^a   Kažukauskas, Andrius ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electricity; EU ETS; European Union; Feed in tariff; Profits; Renewable energy; Tradable green certificates

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRICITY; GAS EMISSIONS; INVESTMENTS; PROFITABILITY;

CAPITAL CONSTRAINTS; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; EUROPEAN UNION; FEED-IN TARIFF; PROMOTION SYSTEMS; RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; TRADABLE GREEN CERTIFICATES;

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EUROPEAN UNION; PROFITABILITY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TARIFF STRUCTURE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84887330740     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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