The photovoltaic growth in the European Union requires stronger RES support

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 324-339

  Bono, Filippa ^a   Giacomarra, Marcella ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Scientific Research Institute for Economic Development and Industry Innovation (SEII)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Directive 77 2001 EC; EU energy policy; STATIS; Technical efficiency; Three way principal component analysis; Window Data Envelopment Analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960984133     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2016.01.003     Document Type: Article

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