Why does renewable energy diffuse so slowly? A review of innovation system problems

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3836-3846

  Negro, Simona O ^a   Alkemade, Floortje ^a   Hekkert, Marko P ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Innovation system failures; Policy; R D; Renewable energy technologies

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; INNOVATION SYSTEM; LITERATURE REVIEWS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES;

DIFFUSION; PUBLIC POLICY; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84860299863     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.03.043     Document Type: Review

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