Introduction: Promoting green electricity in europe: The challenge of integrating contextual factors

Promoting Sustainable Electricity in Europe: Challenging the Path Dependence of Dominant Energy Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-44

  Lafferty, William M ^a   Ruud, Audun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESOURCES;

CONTEXTUAL FACTORS; GREEN ELECTRICITY;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84861315885     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781848443945.00007     Document Type: Editorial

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