The German Energiewende – What's happening? Introducing the special issue

Utilities Policy

Volumn 41, Issue , 2016, Pages 163-171

  Quitzow, Leslie ^a   Canzler, Weert ^a   Grundmann, Philipp ^b   Leibenath, Markus ^c   Moss, Timothy ^d   Rave, Tilmann ^e  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGICAL URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON SOCIETY AND SPACE   (Germany)

^e IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energiewende; Energy transition; Germany

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964345832     PISSN: 09571787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2016.03.002     Document Type: Editorial

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