Researching social acceptability of renewable energy technologies in Finland

International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-98

  E Moula, Md Munjur ^a   Maula, Johanna ^b   Hamdy, Mohamed ^a   Fang, Tingting ^a   Jung, Nusrat ^a   Lahdelma, Risto ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNESCO Commission   (Finland)

Author keywords

Economic feasibility; Renewable energy technologies; Social acceptance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84999767712     PISSN: 22126090     EISSN: 22126104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsbe.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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