Establishment of a European energy policy think-tank: Necessity or luxury?

International Journal of Global Energy Issues

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 221-238

  Doukas, H ^a   Flamos, A ^b   Karakosta, C ^a   Psarras, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS NTUA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Climate change; Competitiveness; Decision support; Energy market; Energy supply; Management structure; Technoeconomics of energy; Think tank; Typologies

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENERGY POLICY;

COMPETITIVENESS; DECISION SUPPORTS; ENERGY MARKETS; ENERGY SUPPLIES; MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE; TECHNO-ECONOMICS; THINK-TANK; TYPOLOGIES;

TANKS (CONTAINERS);

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPETITIVENESS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY POLICY; IDEOLOGY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TYPOLOGY;

EUROPE;

EID: 78649233360     PISSN: 09547118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJGEI.2010.036958     Document Type: Article

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