Moving towards energy self-sufficiency based on renewables: Comparative case studies on the emergence of regional processes of socio-technical change in germany

Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 491-530

  Hauber, Jürgen ^a   Ruppert Winkel, Chantal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy system based on renewable energy; Phase model; Processual analysis; Renewable energy; Socio technical change

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SYSTEMS; ENERGY SELF-SUFFICIENCY; LOCAL ENERGY SYSTEMS; PHASE MODEL; PROCESSUAL ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOCIO-TECHNICAL CHANGES; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 84861389988     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su4040491     Document Type: Article

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