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Perception of risks in renewable energy projects: The case of concentrated solar power in North Africa
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In this article, the authors conducted three stages of interviews with stakeholders to learn their perceptions of the risks most likely to affect renewable energy projects, and found that regulatory risks are perceived as being the most consequential, and the most likely, and that attention to building the capacities of North African countries to develop, implement and enforce sound regulations in a transparent manner could be an important step in promoting renewable energy cooperation with Europe.About:
This article is published in Energy Policy.The article was published on 2012-01-01. It has received 205 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Feed-in tariff & Foreign direct investment.read more
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Global Energy Assessment: Toward a Sustainable Future
TL;DR: The Global Energy Assessment (GEA) as mentioned in this paper brings together over 300 international researchers to provide an independent, scientifically based, integrated and policy-relevant analysis of current and emerging energy issues and options.
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Strategic choices for renewable energy investment: Conceptual framework and opportunities for further research
TL;DR: The special issue on Strategic Choices for Renewable Energy Investment as discussed by the authors draws scholarly attention to the processes underlying strategic choices for renewable energy investment, and how they are influenced by energy policy, and disentangles the role of risk-return perceptions, portfolio effects and path dependence in explaining energy investment decisions.
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Chapter 2 - Integrated risk and uncertainty assessment of climate change response policies
Howard Kunreuther,Shreekant Gupta,Valentina Bosetti,Roger M. Cooke,V. Dutt,M. Ha-Duong,Hermann Held,J. Llanes-Regueiro,Anthony Patt,Ekundayo Shittu,Elke U. Weber +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider ways in which risk and uncertainty can affect the process and outcome of strategic choices in responding to the threat of climate change, and propose a framing chapter that considers the effects of uncertainty on strategic choices.
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The evaluation of solar farm locations applying Geographic Information System and Multi-Criteria Decision-Making methods: Case study in southern Morocco
TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the outcome of combining both Geographic Information System (GIS) tools and the Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) method to assess the suitability of a certain set of locations to carry out a renewable energy project.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors set the stage for impact, adaptation, and vulnerability assessment of climate change in the context of sustainable development and equity, and developed and applied scenarios in Climate Change Impact, Adaptation, and Vulnerability Assessment.
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Climate change 2007 : impacts, adaptation and vulnerability
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