Who owns an energy transition? Strategic action fields and community wind energy in Denmark

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 35, Issue , 2018, Pages 108-117

  Mey, Franziska ^a   Diesendorf, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community renewable energy; Denmark; Strategic action fields; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032925221     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2017.10.044     Document Type: Article

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