The politics of niche-regime conflicts: Distributed solar energy in the United States

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

Volumn 19, Issue , 2016, Pages 42-50

  Hess, David J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed generation; Net metering; Renewable energy; Solar energy; Sustainability transitions; Utilities

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; ENERGY POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLITICAL POWER; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR SYSTEM; SUSTAINABILITY; UTILITY SECTOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84945409090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22104224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2015.09.002     Document Type: Article

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