Transnational infrastructure vulnerability: The historical shaping of the 2006 European "Blackout"

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2042-2052

  van der Vleuten, Erik ^a   Lagendijk, Vincent ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Critical infrastructure; European power grid; History

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRIC POWER INFRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURE; EUROPEAN POWER GRID; INFRASTRUCTURE VULNERABILITIES; PATH DEPENDENCY; POWER GRIDS;

PUBLIC WORKS;

POWER GENERATION;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY USE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HISTORY; POWER PLANT; STAKEHOLDER;

EUROPE;

EID: 75349099263     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.11.047     Document Type: Article

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