Micro-hydro politics: Producing and contesting community energy in the North of England

Geoforum

Volumn 56, Issue , 2014, Pages 66-76

  Armstrong, Andrea ^a   Bulkeley, Harriet ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community energy; Energy resources; Hexham river hydro; Micro hydro; North of england; Politics of community energy production

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY RESOURCE; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; POLITICS; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84904501288     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2014.06.015     Document Type: Article

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