Project financing of renewable energy projects a bibliometric analysis and future research agenda

Abstract

The effective transition from fossil towards renewable energy sources requires gigantic investments. Simultaneously, financing the transition towards clean energy production is a conundrum for both theory and practice. Renewable energy project finance is seen as an important tool for this transition. The aim of this paper is to overview (i) the scholarly output (authors, journals, citations), (ii) geographical distribution of research, and (iii) most intensively elaborated sub -areas of project financing of renewable energy projects. A bibliometric analysis has been applied to a sample of 73 papers retrieved from the Web of Science database. The results indicate that the interest in this topic among scholars has been steadily growing in the last few decades. In addition, this paper provides a potential direction for future research.