Wind power and community benefits: Challenges and opportunities

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 6066-6075

  Aitken, Mhairi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fairness; Renewable energy; Trust

Indexed keywords

ENERGY POLICY; WIND POWER;

FAIRNESS; LARGE COMPANIES; PLANNING STAGES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT; RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS; TRUST; WIND POWER DEVELOPMENT;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ENERGY PLANNING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND POWER;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77956409056     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.05.062     Document Type: Article

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