A review of industrial energy and climate policies in Japan and Sweden with emphasis towards SMEs

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 504-512

  Thollander, Patrik ^a   Kimura, Osamu ^b   Wakabayashi, Masayo ^b   Rohdin, Patrik ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Energy end use; Industry; Policy instrument; SME

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ENERGY POLICY; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

DECISION MAKERS; END-USES; ENERGY; ENERGY AND CLIMATE POLICIES; ENERGY END-USE; ENERGY PROGRAMS; INDUSTRIAL ENERGY; PERFORMANCE; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; SME;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84930196458     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.04.102     Document Type: Review

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