Is cluster policy useful for the energy sector? Assessing self-declared hydrogen clusters in the Netherlands

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1375-1385

  Mans, Pieter ^a   Alkemade, Floortje ^a   van der Valk, Tessa ^a   Hekkert, Marko P ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cluster policy; Hydrogen R D system; Self declared clusters

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN FUELS; MONITORING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CLUSTER POLICY; SELF-DECLARED CLUSTER;

ENERGY POLICY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; HYDROGEN; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 40149099848     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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