Solar photovoltaic energy policy and globalization: A multiperspective approach with case studies of Germany, Japan, and China

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 458-476

  Yu, Hyun Jin Julie ^a,b   Popiolek, Nathalie ^a   Geoffron, Patrice ^b  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

Author keywords

China; Germany; Japan; logic models; solar PV globalization; solar PV policy

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MANUFACTURE; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

CHINA; GERMANY; JAPAN; LOGIC MODELS; SOLAR PVS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84959861954     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2560     Document Type: Article

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