Centralization, decentralization and the scales in between: What role might they play in the uk energy system?

The Future of Electricity Demand: Customers, Citizens and Loads

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 280-297

  Watson, Jim ^a   Devine Wright, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84883100858     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511996191.017     Document Type: Chapter

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