Willingness to pay for green power in an unreliable electricity sector: Part 2. The case of the Lebanese commercial sector

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 1643-1649

  Harajli, Hassan ^a,b   Gordon, Fabiana ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commercial sector; Lebanon; Renewable energy; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

DIESEL FUELS; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY;

AS NUMBERS; COMMERCIAL SECTOR; ELECTRICITY SECTOR; GEN-SETS; GREEN POWER; LEBANON; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

ELECTRIC BATTERIES;

EID: 84930361598     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.05.053     Document Type: Review

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