Thailand's solar white elephants: An analysis of 15yr of solar battery charging programmes in northern Thailand

Energy Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 747-760

  Green, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Photovoltaics; Rural development; Thailand

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY POLICY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

SOLAR BATTERY CHARGING;

SOLAR CELLS;

ENERGY POLICY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION; SOLAR POWER;

THAILAND;

ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE;

EID: 0142199364     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4215(02)00338-5     Document Type: Article

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