Reducing or fostering public opposition? A critical reflection on the neutrality of pan-European cost-benefit analysis in electricity transmission planning

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 10, Issue , 2015, Pages 114-122

  Schmidt, Peter ^a,b   Lilliestam, Johan ^c  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Electricity transmission planning; Europe; Public opposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939146975     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2015.07.003     Document Type: Article

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