Decentralised combined heat and power in the German Ruhr Valley; assessment of factors blocking uptake and integration

Energy, Sustainability and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Viétor, Birte ^a   Hoppe, Thomas ^b   Clancy, Joy ^b  

^a Department: Nature and Environment   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decentralised CHP; Energy efficiency; Energy transition; Multilevel perspective

Indexed keywords

COAL INDUSTRY; COMMERCE; DISTRICT HEATING; FINANCIAL MARKETS; GAS INDUSTRY; HEATING EQUIPMENT; HOUSING; INTEGRATION; INVESTMENTS;

COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER UNITS; DECENTRALISED; DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEM; ENERGY INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES; ENERGY TRANSITIONS; MULTILEVEL PERSPECTIVE; PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; DECENTRALIZATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; FOSSIL FUEL; RESEARCH WORK;

GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA; RUHR RIVER;

CHANDIPURA VIRUS;

EID: 84922783252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21920567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13705-015-0033-0     Document Type: Article

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