Quantifying the prevalence of fuel poverty across the European Union

Energy Policy

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 563-572

  Thomson, Harriet ^a   Snell, Carolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EU SILC; European Union; Fuel poverty

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; DOMESTIC ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EU-SILC; EUROPEAN LEVELS; EUROPEAN UNION; FUEL POVERTY; FUEL PRICES; IRELAND; NATIONAL POLICY FRAMEWORK; POLICY BASE; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SURVEY DATA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA PROCESSING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

FUELS;

DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; EUROPEAN UNION; FUEL CONSUMPTION; POVERTY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84870718114     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.10.009     Document Type: Article

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