A strategic energy technology policy towards 2050: No-regret strategies for European technology push

International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 160-174

  Ruester, Sophia ^a   Schwenen, Sebastian ^b   Finger, Matthias ^c   Glachant, Jean Michel ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Decarbonisation; European energy technology policy; Innovation; Technology push; Uncertain policy Context

Indexed keywords

ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; GLOBALIZATION; INNOVATION; POLICY APPROACH; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY POLICY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84890475723     PISSN: 14728923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJETP.2013.058143     Document Type: Article

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