Challenging obduracy: How local communities transform the energy system

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 13, Issue , 2016, Pages 94-105

  Van Der Schoor, Tineke ^a   Van Lente, Harro ^b   Scholtens, Bert ^c   Peine, Alexander ^d  

^a HANZE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community energy; Cooperatives; Energy transition; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957438766     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2015.12.009     Document Type: Article

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