Employment of renewable energy in Jordan: Current status, SWOT and problem analysis

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 490-499

  Jaber, J O ^a   Elkarmi, Fawwaz ^b   Alasis, Emil ^c,d   Kostas, Anagnostopoulos ^c,d  

^a PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b The Higher Council for Science and Technology Jordan   (Jordan)

^c National Energy Research Center (NERC)   (Jordan)

^d Energy and Environment Consultants   (Greece)

Author keywords

Emissions; Indicative prices; Jordan; Problem tree analysis; Renewable energy; SWOT analysis

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FORESTRY; INVESTMENTS; NATURAL RESOURCES;

CURRENT PROBLEMS; CURRENT STATUS; EMISSION; INDICATIVE PRICE; JORDAN; MATRIX; PROBLEM TREE ANALYSE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SWOT ANALYSIS;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ENERGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; TREES;

EID: 84929319231     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.04.050     Document Type: Review

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