The institutional space of community initiatives for renewable energy: a comparative case study of the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark

Energy, Sustainability and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-17

  Oteman, Marieke ^a   Wiering, Mark ^a   Helderman, Jan Kees ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community initiatives; Institutional arrangements; Institutional space; Policy analysis; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

ENERGY POLICY;

COMMUNITY INITIATIVES; INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT; INSTITUTIONAL SPACE; POLICY ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECENTRALIZATION; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; LITERATURE REVIEW; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLICY ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESEARCH WORK; STATE ROLE;

DENMARK; GERMANY; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84951052039     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21920567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2192-0567-4-11     Document Type: Article

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