Three is a crowd? Exploring the potential of crowdfunding for renewable energy in the Netherlands

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 128, Issue , 2016, Pages 142-155

  Vasileiadou, E ^a   Huijben, J C C M ^a   Raven, R P J M ^a,b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Business models; Crowdfunding; Renewable energy; Sustainability transitions; Up scaling

Indexed keywords

FINANCE;

BUSINESS MODELS; CROWDFUNDING; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITION; UPSCALING;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84932108161     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.06.028     Document Type: Article

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