Regime destabilisation as the flipside of energy transitions: Lessons from the history of the British coal industry (1913-1997)

Energy Policy

Volumn 50, Issue , 2012, Pages 35-49

  Turnheim, Bruno ^a   Geels, Frank W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coal; Industry destabilisation; Socio technical transitions

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSITIONS; LOW-CARBON ENERGY SYSTEMS; SOCIOTECHNICAL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COAL; INDUSTRY;

COAL INDUSTRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COAL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY USE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INDUSTRIAL HISTORY;

EID: 84866900326     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.04.060     Document Type: Article

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