The sun also rises in Norway: Solar scientists as transition actors

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

Volumn 16, Issue , 2015, Pages 142-153

  Åm, Heidrun ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Actor based approach; Arena of development; Norway; Solar; Translation

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUEL CELL; HEGEMONY; INNOVATION; SOLAR POWER; SUSTAINABILITY;

NORWAY;

EID: 84941189927     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22104224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2015.01.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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