The political economy of carbon capture and storage: An analysis of two demonstration projects

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 102, Issue , 2016, Pages 250-260

  Kern, Florian ^a   Gaede, James ^b   Meadowcroft, James ^b   Watson, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Carbon capture and storage; Climate change mitigation; Political economy; Technology demonstration projects; UK

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; DEMONSTRATIONS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUEL ECONOMY; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS; UK;

CARBON CAPTURE;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; POLITICAL ECONOMY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

CANADA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84949497012     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2015.09.010     Document Type: Article

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