Will domestic consumers take up the renewable heat incentive? An analysis of the barriers to heat pump adoption using agent-based modelling

Energy Policy

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 32-38

  Snape, J R ^a   Boait, P J ^a   Rylatt, R M ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Feed in tariff; Renewable heat incentive

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; SIMULATION PLATFORM;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; AGENT-BASED MODELLING; CARBON REDUCTION; FEED-IN TARIFF; HASSLE FACTOR; HEAT EMITTERS; RENEWABLE HEAT; TIPPING POINT;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ENERGY POLICY; HEATING; INCENTIVE; MODELING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84940063257     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2015.05.008     Document Type: Article

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