Wind power-An assault on local landscapes or an opportunity for modernization?

Energy Policy

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 167-175

  Rygg, Bente Johnsen ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Controversies; Local communities; Wind power development

Indexed keywords

CONTROVERSIES; EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES; LOCAL COMMUNITY; LOCAL EFFECTS; POWER PARKS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOURCE OF ENERGY; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; WIND POWER DEVELOPMENT; WIND POWER TECHNOLOGY;

ENERGY POLICY;

WIND POWER;

EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; LANDSCAPE; MODERNIZATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WIND POWER;

EID: 84865020258     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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