To build or not to build? Sustainability narratives between growth-oriented ‘eco-markets’ and regulative ‘sufficiency’ in Germany's heat transition

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  2026

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  Energy Research & Social Science

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  2026-01-01

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  DOI 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104527
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