Employment factors for wind and solar energy technologies: A literature review

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 160-172

  Cameron, Lachlan ^a   Van Der Zwaan, Bob ^a,b,c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment opportunities; Energy sector; Job creation; Renewable technology

Indexed keywords

ENERGY POLICY; SOLAR ENERGY;

DATA-SOURCE; EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES; ENERGY SECTOR; JOB CREATION; LITERATURE REVIEWS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGY; SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; WIND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY;

EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84922449875     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.01.001     Document Type: Review

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