Community wind and solar: Regional renewable energy in the United States

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Community wind and solar: Regional renewable energy in the United States. / Gaines, Sanford.
Renewable Energy Law in the EU: Legal Perspectives on Bottom-up Approaches. ed. / Marjan Peeters; Thomas Schomerus. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014. p. 256-278.

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Harvard

Gaines, S 2014, Community wind and solar: Regional renewable energy in the United States. in M Peeters & T Schomerus (eds), Renewable Energy Law in the EU: Legal Perspectives on Bottom-up Approaches. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, pp. 256-278. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783473199.00022

APA

Gaines, S. (2014). Community wind and solar: Regional renewable energy in the United States. In M. Peeters, & T. Schomerus (Eds.), Renewable Energy Law in the EU: Legal Perspectives on Bottom-up Approaches (pp. 256-278). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783473199.00022

Vancouver

Gaines S. Community wind and solar: Regional renewable energy in the United States. In Peeters M, Schomerus T, editors, Renewable Energy Law in the EU: Legal Perspectives on Bottom-up Approaches. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. 2014. p. 256-278 doi: 10.4337/9781783473199.00022

Bibtex

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