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Flexibilities in energy supply and demand: Legacies and lessons from the past. / Blue, Stanley; Forman, Peter; Shove, Elizabeth.
In: Journal of Energy History/Revue d'Histoire de l'Énergie, No. 5, 01.12.2020, p. 1.

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Blue S, Forman P, Shove E. Flexibilities in energy supply and demand: Legacies and lessons from the past. Journal of Energy History/Revue d'Histoire de l'Énergie. 2020 Dec 1;(5):1.

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Blue, Stanley ; Forman, Peter ; Shove, Elizabeth. / Flexibilities in energy supply and demand : Legacies and lessons from the past. In: Journal of Energy History/Revue d'Histoire de l'Énergie. 2020 ; No. 5. pp. 1.

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