Governing community energy-Feed-in tariffs and the development of community wind energy schemes in the United Kingdom and Germany

Energy Policy

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 543-552

  Nolden, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community energy; Feed in tariff; Governance of innovation diffusion

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ENERGY; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS; ENERGY GENERATIONS; FEED-IN TARIFF; INNOVATION DIFFUSION; LOW CARBON ECONOMY; OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT PROTECTION;

WIND POWER;

DECENTRALIZATION; ENERGY POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INNOVATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; TARIFF STRUCTURE; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION; WIND POWER;

GERMANY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84887160579     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.08.050     Document Type: Article

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