Using power sector reform as an opportunity to increase the uptake of renewable energy in the power sector: Responding to peak oil and climate change in Caribbean and Pacific small island developing States, between 1970-2010

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 14-26

  Niles, Keron ^a   Lloyd, Bob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Electricity; Fossil fuels; Island; Peak oil; Renewable; SIDS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894241963     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1477-8947.12031     Document Type: Article

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