Managing electric power system transition in China

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 5660-5677

  Yuan, Jiahai ^a   Xu, Yan ^a   Hu, Zhen ^b   Yu, Zhongfu ^a   Liu, Jiangyan ^a   Hu, Zhaoguang ^c   Xu, Ming ^d  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Energy transition management; Multi level perspective; Power systems

Indexed keywords

CHINA; ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRIC POWER SECTOR; ENERGY TRANSITIONS; INNOVATION SYSTEM; INNOVATION THEORY; LOW CARBON; LOW-CARBON ENERGY SYSTEMS; MULTI-LEVEL PERSPECTIVE; POLICY MAKERS; POLICY MAKING; POWER SECTOR; RESEARCH STUDIES; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SOCIO-TECHNICAL REGIMES; TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS; TRANSITION MANAGEMENT; TRANSITION PATHWAY; TRANSITION PROCESS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; STANDBY POWER SYSTEMS;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84864515143     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.05.046     Document Type: Review

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