Carbon capture and storage: Frames and blind spots

Energy Policy

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 249-259

  Martínez Arranz, Alfonso ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon capture and storage; European Union; Framing; Technology politics

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ENERGY POLICY;

BLIND SPOTS; CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE; EUROPEAN UNION; EVALUATION CRITERIA; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; FRAMING; POLICY MAKING; SIMPLE MODELING; EU POLICY;

CARBON CAPTURE;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENERGY POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; HEGEMONY; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; POLLUTION POLICY;

EID: 84932615383     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2015.03.018     Document Type: Article

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