Germany's energy transition under attack: Is there an inscrutable German Sonderweg

Nature and Culture

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 121-133

  Gawel, Erik ^a   Strunz, Sebastian ^a   Lehmann, Paul ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy supply; Energy transition; Externalities; Renewable energy sources; Support policies; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; INVESTMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

GERMANY;

EID: 84880628312     PISSN: 15586073     EISSN: 15585468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/nc.2013.080201     Document Type: Article

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