The emerging funding gap for the European Energy Sector - Will the financial sector deliver?

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 49-59

  Jacobsson, Robin ^a   Jacobsson, Staffan ^b  

^a Institute for Management of Innovation and Technology (IMIT)   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Europe; Financial sector; Funding gap; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REFORM; ENERGY MARKET; EUROPEAN UNION; FINANCIAL MARKET; INVESTMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84914102699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22104224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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