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Energy Efficiency Obligations and Subsidies to Energy Intensive Industries in Latvia

Environmental and Climate Technologies
Volume 23 (2019): Issue 2 (November 2019)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2019-0057 | Journal eISSN: 2255-8837 | Journal ISSN: 1691-5208
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Language: English
Page range: 90 - 101
Published on: Nov 18, 2019
Published by: Riga Technical University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
Energy efficiency,
energy intensive industry,
energy policy,
subsidies
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Life sciences, other

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