Credible expectations - The US Department of Energy's Hydrogen Program as enactor and selector of hydrogen technologies

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1059-1071

  Bakker, Sjoerd ^a   van Lente, Harro ^b   Meeus, Marius T H ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Expectations; Hydrogen; Innovation policy; Sustainability transitions

Indexed keywords

CURRENT LEVELS; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; EXPECTATIONS; HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGIES; INNOVATION POLICIES; SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITION; TRANSITION PATHS; US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY;

INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

HYDROGEN;

ENERGY RESOURCE; HYDROCARBON TECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861756598     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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