Overview of the initiatives in renewable energy sector under the national action plan on climate change in India

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 54, Issue , 2016, Pages 866-873

  Chandel, S S ^a   Shrivastva, Rajnish ^a   Sharma, Vikrant ^a   Ramasamy, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Climate change; Environment concerns; Greenhouse gas emissions; India; Nation action plan on climate change; Renewable power generation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECONOMICS; ENERGY POLICY; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; NATURAL RESOURCES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ACTION PLAN; CARBON EMISSIONS; ENVIRONMENT CONCERN; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; INDIA; NATION ACTION PLAN ON CLIMATE CHANGE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; RENEWABLE POWER GENERATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84946594912     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.10.057     Document Type: Review

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