Renewable electricity generation in the united states

Harnessing Renewable Energy in Electric Power Systems: Theory, Practice, Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 209-232

  Schmalensee, Richard ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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