Energy autarky: A conceptual framework for sustainable regional development

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 5800-5810

  Müller, Matthias Otto ^a,b   Stämpfli, Adrian ^c   Dold, Ursula ^c   Hammer, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c Oekozentrum Langenbruck ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Energy autarky; Regional development; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

AUSTRIA; CIVIL SOCIETY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; DECENTRALIZED ENERGY SYSTEM; ENERGY AUTARKY; ENERGY SERVICES; GERMANY; HIGHER-DEGREE; LOCAL PRODUCTION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SWITZERLAND;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; REGIONAL PLANNING;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ADMINISTRATION; CIVIL SOCIETY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECENTRALIZATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RESOURCE; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AUSTRIA; GERMANY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 80052698378     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.04.019     Document Type: Article

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