Evolution of local citizen participation schemes in the German wind market

International Journal of Global Energy Issues

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-207

  Enzensberger, N ^a   Fichtner, W ^a   Rentz, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Local citizen participation; Project development; Renewable energy financing; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; WIND POWER;

LOCAL CITIZEN PARTICIPATION; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; RENEWABLE ENERGY FINANCING;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; FINANCIAL PROVISION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; WIND POWER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 1642275456     PISSN: 09547118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJGEI.2003.005303     Document Type: Article

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