Production, consumption and research on solar energy: The Spanish and German case

Renewable Energy

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 733-744

  Sanz Casado, Elias ^a   Lascurain Sánchez, Maria Luisa ^a   Serrano Lopez, Antonio Eleazar ^a   Larsen, Birger ^b   Ingwersen, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bibliometric analysis; Renewable energy; Solar energy; Spain and Germany

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS; PUBLIC INTEREST; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RESEARCH PAPERS; SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS; SPAIN AND GERMANY; WEB OF SCIENCE; ENERGY DEMANDS;

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SOLAR ENERGY; WIND POWER;

RESEARCH; SOLAR ENERGY;

DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; INSTALLATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; EUROPEAN UNION; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; PUBLISHING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESEARCH METHOD; WIND POWER;

GERMANY; SPAIN; CHINA; JAPAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897901245     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.03.013     Document Type: Article

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