Social representations of intermittency and the shaping of public support for wind energy in the UK

International Journal of Global Energy Issues

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 243-256

  Devine Wright, Patrick ^a,b   Devine Wright, Hannah ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UN Commission on Sustainable Development   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intermittency; Public acceptance; Social representations; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

ENERGY POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

INTERMITTENCY; PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE; SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS; WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS;

WIND POWER;

PUBLIC ATTITUDE; WIND POWER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33644917124     PISSN: 09547118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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