Lock-in and change: Distributed generation in Denmark in a long-term perspective

Energy Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 3739-3748

  van der Vleuten, Erik ^a   Raven, Rob ^a  

^a Department of Technology Management   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CHP; Denmark; Distributed generation; Lock in; Regime shift; Wind turbines

Indexed keywords

CENTRALIZED ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; DENMARK; DISTRIBUTED GENERATION; REGIME LOCK-IN;

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ENERGY POLICY; WIND TURBINES;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES;

COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

CHANDIPURA VIRUS;

EID: 33749997215     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2005.08.016     Document Type: Article

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