Local civil society based renewable energy organisations in the Netherlands: Exploring the factors that stimulate their emergence and development

Energy Policy

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 297-307

  Boon, Frank Pieter ^a   Dieperink, Carel ^b  

^a Green Bean Solutions   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decentralised generation; Local renewable energy organisation; Netherlands; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

ENERGY POLICY;

DECENTRALISED; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEW; LOCAL RENEWABLE; NETHERLANDS; ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE; PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CIVIL SOCIETY; POLICY MAKING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84899099845     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.01.046     Document Type: Article

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