Residential solar PV policy: An analysis of impacts, successes and failures in the Australian case

Renewable Energy

Volumn 86, Issue , 2016, Pages 1265-1279

  Chapman, Andrew J ^a   McLellan, Benjamin ^a   Tezuka, Tetsuo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Employment; Equity; Feed in tariff; Photovoltaics; Policy; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; PUBLIC POLICY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOME; EQUITY; FEED-IN TARIFF; PHOTOVOLTAICS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATES; RENEWABLE ENERGY INDUSTRIES; RESIDENTIAL SOLAR PV;

HOUSING;

EMPLOYMENT; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; EQUITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; SOLAR POWER;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84943654954     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2015.09.061     Document Type: Article

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