Stories about ourselves: How national narratives influence the diffusion of large-scale energy technologies

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 31, Issue , 2017, Pages 70-76

  Malone, Elizabeth ^a   Hultman, Nathan E ^b   Anderson, Kate L ^a   Romeiro, Viviane ^c,d  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d World Resources Institute Brazil   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Energy technologies; National narratives; Technological transformations

Indexed keywords

EID: 85023773940     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2017.05.035     Document Type: Article

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