An overview of drivers and barriers to concentrated solar power in the European Union

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 81, Issue , 2018, Pages 1019-1029

  del Río, Pablo ^a   Peñasco, Cristina ^a   Mir Artigues, Pere ^b  

^a The Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barriers; Concentrated solar power; Drivers; Renewable electricity

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; SOLAR ENERGY;

BARRIER; CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; COSTS REDUCTION; DRIVER; EUROPEAN UNION; HIGH COSTS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; POLICY DRIVERS; RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE;

CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER;

EID: 85028426745     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2017.06.038     Document Type: Review

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