Financing instruments and channels for the increasing production and consumption of renewable energy: Lithuanian case

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 259-276

  Bobinaite, Viktorija ^a   Tarvydas, Dalius ^a  

^a LITHUANIAN ENERGY INSTITUTE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Financing channel; Financing instrument; Levelized cost of energy; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISTRICT HEATING; ENERGY POLICY; GREENHOUSE GASES; INSTRUMENTS; SOLAR ENERGY; TAXATION;

FINANCING CHANNEL; FOSSIL-FUEL DEPLETIONS; INCREASING PRODUCTION; LEVELIZED COSTS; PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84902839124     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.05.039     Document Type: Review

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