What drives the development of renewable energy technologies? Toward a typology for the systemic drivers

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 834-847

  Darmani, Anna ^a,b   Arvidsson, Niklas ^a   Hidalgo, Antonio ^b   Albors, Jose ^c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barriers and climate change; Drivers; Renewable energy technology; Technological innovation system

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DIGITAL STORAGE; TRUCK DRIVERS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DRIVING FORCES; ENERGY COMPANIES; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84905024020     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.07.023     Document Type: Review

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