Remaking the UK's energy technology innovation system: From the margins to the mainstream

Energy Policy

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 591-602

  Winskel, Mark ^a   Radcliffe, Jonathan ^b   Skea, Jim ^c   Wang, Xinxin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UK Energy Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy; Innovation; Technology

Indexed keywords

ENERGY POLICY; INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGY;

BUSINESS SECTOR; DECARBONISATION; ENERGY; ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; PUBLIC FUNDING; THREE PHASIS; WEAK LINKS;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

ENERGY POLICY; FINANCE; INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84895538810     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.01.009     Document Type: Article

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