Conceptualizing the acceptance of wind and solar electricity

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 5268-5279

  Sovacool, Benjamin K ^a   Lakshmi Ratan, Pushkala ^a  

^a VERMONT LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Market acceptance; Renewable energy; Social acceptance

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC LITERATURE; DENMARK; GERMANY; MARKET ACCEPTANCE; MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOLAR ELECTRICITY; SOLAR PANELS; SOLAR SOURCE;

INVESTMENTS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84862995279     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.04.048     Document Type: Review

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