Are consumers' willing to pay extra for the electricity from renewable energy sources? An example of Queensland, Australia

International Journal of Renewable Energy Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 758-766

  Ivanova, Galina ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Queensland; Renewable energy; Voluntary; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891894493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13090127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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