The effect of local and global learning on the cost of renewable energy in developing countries

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 128, Issue , 2016, Pages 6-21

  Huenteler, Joern ^a,b   Niebuhr, Christian ^a,c   Schmidt, Tobias S ^a,d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate policy; Renewable energy; Technological capabilities; Technological learning; Technology transfer; Thailand

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST REDUCTION; COSTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; INVESTMENTS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

CLIMATE POLICY; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL LEARNING; THAILAND;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84927174385     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.06.056     Document Type: Article

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