Residential solar electricity adoption: What motivates, and what matters? A case study of early adopters

Energy Research & Social Science - Tập 2 - Trang 183-191 - 2014
Chelsea Schelly1
1Department of Social Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, United States

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