Situative governance and energy transitions in a spatial context: case studies from Germany

Energy, Sustainability and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-11

  Fuchs, Gerhard ^a   Hinderer, Nele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electricity supply; Germany; Local initiatives; Sustainable energy transitions

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

CASE STUDY RESEARCH; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; GERMANY; GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES; LARGE-SCALE POWER PLANTS; LOCAL INITIATIVES; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MARKET; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INNOVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGULATORY APPROACH; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GERMANY;

EID: 84933522829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21920567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13705-014-0016-6     Document Type: Article

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