Technological learning in offshore wind energy: Different roles of the government

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 6431-6444

  Smit, Thijs ^a   Junginger, Martin ^a   Smits, Ruud ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Innovation system; Offshore wind energy; Technological learning

Indexed keywords

ENERGY POLICY; INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGY;

OFFSHORE WING ENERGY; TECHNOLOGICAL LEARNING;

WIND POWER;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; INNOVATION; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; WIND POWER;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 35648955237     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2007.08.011     Document Type: Article

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