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Electricity Consumption in Brazil and South Africa: Distribution and Prices 巴西和南非的电力消费:分布和价格

Political Economies of Energy Transition Pub Date : 2020-11-30 DOI: 10.1017/9781108920353.004

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Political Economies of Energy Transition Pub Date : 2020-11-30 DOI: 10.1017/9781108920353.007

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Political Economies of Energy Transition 能源转型的政治经济学

Political Economies of Energy Transition Pub Date : 2020-11-01 DOI: 10.1017/9781108920353

K. Hochstetler

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