Pathways for sustainability transitions in the electricity sector: Multi-level analysis and empirical illustration

2008 1st International Conference on Infrastructure Systems and Services: Building Networks for a Brighter Future, INFRA 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Verbong, G P J ^a   Geels, F W ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SECTOR; HYBRIDISATION; INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY; INTERNATIONALISATION; MULTI-LEVEL; MULTI-LEVEL ANALYSIS; POLICY INTERVENTION; RENEWABLE GENERATION; SUPERGRID; SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITION; TRANSFORMATION PATHWAYS; TRANSITION PATHWAY;

ALIGNMENT; INNOVATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 77952365846     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/INFRA.2008.5439655     Document Type: Conference Paper

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