UK renewable energy policy since privatization

Harnessing Renewable Energy in Electric Power Systems: Theory, Practice, Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 253-282

  Pollitt, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781936331864     Document Type: Chapter

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