Community-owned renewable energy (CRE): Opportunities for rural Australia

Rural Society

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 244-255

  Hicks, Jarra ^a   Ison, Nicky ^a  

^a Community Power Agency ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Community development; Community renewable energy; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864789997     PISSN: 10371656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/rsj.20.3.244     Document Type: Article

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