The politics and economics of constructing, contesting and restricting socio-political space for renewables - The German Renewable Energy Act

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

Volumn 18, Issue , 2016, Pages 147-163

  Lauber, Volkmar ^a   Jacobsson, Staffan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

External costs; Extra cost of renewable power; German Renewable Energy Act; Policy discourses; Socio political space for innovation; Technology specific policies

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; COST ANALYSIS; EQUITY; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

AAR RIVER [GERMANY]; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 84959423743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22104224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2015.06.005     Document Type: Article

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