“Trust” and “confidence” as socio-technical problems in the transformation of energy systems

Energy, Sustainability and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-13

  Büscher, Christian ^a   Sumpf, Patrick ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Complexity; Consumers; Decision making; Investors; Prosumer; Risk; Smart grid; Those affected; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; RISKS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ACCEPTANCE; COMPLEXITY; CONSUMERS; INVESTORS; PROSUMER; SMART GRID; THOSE AFFECTED; UNCERTAINTY;

SMART POWER GRIDS;

COMPLEXITY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPMENT THEORY; ECONOMIC THEORY; ENERGY PLANNING; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84949223222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21920567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13705-015-0063-7     Document Type: Article

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