Financial evaluation of SPV lanterns for rural lighting in India

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 261-270

  Rubab, Seemin ^a   Kandpal, Tara Chandra ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Domestic lighting; Financial analysis; Solar photovoltaic lantern

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; MAINTENANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

DOMESTIC LIGHTING; FINANCIAL ANALYSIS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC LANTERNS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0030290259     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0927-0248(96)00044-X     Document Type: Article

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