Financing the civic energy sector: How financial institutions affect ownership models in Germany and the United Kingdom

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 12, Issue , 2016, Pages 5-15

  Hall, Stephen ^a   Foxon, Timothy J ^b   Bolton, Ronan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civic energy sector; Energy ownership; Energy transitions; Institutional economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84950276442     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2015.11.004     Document Type: Article

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