The future of decentralised energy systems: Insights from a Delphi study

International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 265-279

  Elfvengren, Kalle ^a   Karvonen, Matti ^a   Klemola, Kimmo ^a   Lehtovaara, Matti ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Business potential; Decentralised energy systems; Delphi; Energy technology; Incumbents; Technology forecasting

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; DECENTRALIZATION; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FORECASTING METHOD; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

FINLAND;

EID: 84921309035     PISSN: 14728923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJETP.2014.066883     Document Type: Article

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