Flexible and inflexible energy engagements - A study of the Danish Smart Grid Strategy

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 9, Issue , 2015, Pages 51-59

  Schick, Lea ^a   Gad, Christopher ^a  

^a IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Consumer; Energy; Infra reflexivity; Smart grid; STS; User figuration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945437228     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2015.08.013     Document Type: Article

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