Accelerating the development of marine energy: Exploring the prospects, benefits and challenges

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1306-1316

  Jeffrey, Henry ^a   Jay, Brighid ^a   Winskel, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accelerated development; Energy policy; Innovation; Marine energy; Ocean energy; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; LEARNING POTENTIAL; MARINE ENERGY; OCEAN ENERGY; POTENTIAL REWARDS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SUSTAINED INNOVATIONS;

ENERGY POLICY; INNOVATION;

DECARBONIZATION;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; INNOVATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84880618482     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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