Financing large scale wind and solar projects - A review of emerging experiences in the Indian context

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 166-177

  Umamaheswaran, Swarnalakshmi ^a   Rajiv, Seth ^a  

^a TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

India; IREDA; Renewable financing; Renewablepolicy; Renewableportfolioobligations

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE;

INDIA; IREDA; LARGE-SCALES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE FINANCING; RENEWABLEPOLICY; RENEWABLEPORTFOLIOOBLIGATION; SOLAR PROJECT; STRATEGIC ROLE; WIND PROJECTS;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84926484540     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.02.054     Document Type: Review

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