Spatial misfits in a multi-level renewable energy policy implementation process on the Small Island State of Malta

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 5967-5976

  Kotzebue, Julia R ^a   Bressers, Hans Th A ^a   Yousif, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

EU policy implementation; Renewable energy sources; Small Island State

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; LANDFORMS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

EU POLICY; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SMALL ISLAND; TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

ENERGY POLICY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SMALL ISLAND STATE; SPATIAL MISMATCH;

MALTA;

EID: 77956432378     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.05.052     Document Type: Article

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