Renewable energy readiness assessment for North African countries

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue , 2014, Pages 128-140

  Hawila, Diala ^a   Mondal, Md Alam Hossain ^a,b   Kennedy, Scott ^a   Mezher, Toufic ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Human capital; Infrastructure; Institution; North Africa; Renewable energy readiness

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY POLICY; FOSSIL FUELS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

HUMAN CAPITALS; INFRASTRUCTURE; INTEGRATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES; NORTH AFRICA; NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES; READINESS ASSESSMENT; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

EID: 84894590824     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.01.066     Document Type: Review

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