Typology of future clean energy communities: An exploratory structure, opportunities, and challenges

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 35, Issue , 2018, Pages 94-107

  Gui, Emi Minghui ^a   MacGill, Iain ^a,b  

^a Unniversity of New South Wales   (Australia)

^b Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets CEEM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clean energy community; Decentralized energy; Distributed energy; Energy transition pathway

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032385322     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2017.10.019     Document Type: Article

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