How technology, behaviour, and tariffs reshape residential power demand: A comparative study of sub-hourly load curves for subpopulations in Great Britain and France
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.66506/essp.1-217-26 | Journal eISSN: 2001-7960
Language: English
Page range: 27 - 27
Submitted on: Mar 17, 2026
Accepted on: May 30, 2026
Published on: Jul 31, 2026
Published by: European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (eceee)
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© 2026 Mona Moussawel, Jessica Few, Valentin Moreau, Bruno Duplessis, Ellen Zapata-Webborn, Martin Pullinger, Guillaume Binet, Mathieu Schumann, published by European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (eceee)
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