Analysis of renewable energies in European Union

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 56, Issue , 2016, Pages 156-170

  Pacesila, Mihaela ^a   Burcea, Stefan Gabriel ^a   Colesca, Sofia Elena ^a  

^a BUCHAREST UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMIC STUDIES   (Romania)

Author keywords

Country ranking; Energy dependence; European Union; Renewable energies

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; ENERGY POLICY;

COUNTRY ENERGIES; COUNTRY RANKING; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; EUROPEAN UNION; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR; RENEWABLES; RESEARCH OBJECTIVES; TOTAL ENERGY; UNION MEMBERS;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

EID: 84949575544     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.10.152     Document Type: Review

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