Consumer engagement: An insight from smart grid projects in Europe

Energy Policy

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 621-628

  Gangale, Flavia ^a   Mengolini, Anna ^a   Onyeji, Ijeoma ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Consumer engagement; Renewable energy; Smart grid

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER ENGAGEMENT; CONSUMER SEGMENTS; EUROPEAN LEVELS; LESSONS LEARNED; PUBLIC FUNDING; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RESIDENTIAL SECTORS; SMART GRID;

ENERGY POLICY;

SMART POWER GRIDS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENERGY RESOURCE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84880326289     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.05.031     Document Type: Article

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