Willingness to pay for green power in an unreliable electricity sector: Part 1. The case of the Lebanese residential sector

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 1634-1642

  Dagher, Leila ^a   Harajli, Hassan ^a,b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

Author keywords

Green power; Lebanon; Renewable energy; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; HOUSING;

ELECTRICITY SECTOR; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; GREEN POWER; LEBANON; LOCAL SYSTEM; RANDOM SAMPLING METHOD; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RESIDENTIAL SECTORS; STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 84929430950     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.04.162     Document Type: Review

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