Perception of barriers for expansion of electricity grids in the European Union

Energy Policy

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 254-259

  Battaglini, Antonella ^b   Komendantova, Nadejda ^a   Brtnik, Patricia ^b   Patt, Anthony ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

European regulations; Power grid; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALISED; ELECTRICITY GRIDS; ENERGY SYSTEMS; EUROPEAN REGULATION; EUROPEAN UNION; POWER GRIDS; PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS; REGULATORY PROCESS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; TRANSMISSION GRIDS; WIND AND SOLAR POWER;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY RESOURCE; EUROPEAN UNION; PERCEPTION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STAKEHOLDER;

EUROPE;

EID: 84862260500     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.04.065     Document Type: Article

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