A traveler's guide to smart grids and the social sciences

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 9, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-8

  Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe ^a   Ryghaug, Marianne ^a   Berker, Thomas ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Smart grids; Social science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945451658     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2015.08.017     Document Type: Article

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