Financial analysis for investment and policy decisions in the renewable energy sector

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 887-904

  Cucchiella, Federica ^a   D'Adamo, Idiano ^a   Gastaldi, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decision making; Environmental analysis; Financial analysis; Plant size; Renewable energy; Subsidies

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PLANNING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL ANALYSIS; PLANT SIZE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SUBSIDIES;

INVESTMENTS;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 84942303187     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-014-0839-z     Document Type: Article

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