A comparative assessment of proposed offshore wind power demonstration projects in the United States

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 10, Issue , 2015, Pages 192-205

  Bates, Alison ^a,b   Firestone, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Demonstration project; Offshore wind; Public opinion; Social acceptance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939807704     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2015.07.007     Document Type: Article

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