The establishment of citizen power plants in Austria: A process of empowerment?

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 13, Issue , 2016, Pages 126-135

  Schreuer, Anna ^a  

^a IFZ Inter University Research Centre for Technology Work and Culture   (Austria)

Author keywords

Citizen power plants; Community energy; Empowerment; Grassroots innovations; Sociotechnical configurations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957440491     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2015.12.003     Document Type: Article

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