Costing electricity supply scenarios: A case study of promoting renewable energy technologies on Rodriguez, Mauritius

Renewable Energy

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1319-1347

  Weisser, Daniel ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy planning; Life cycle cost analysis; Mauritius; Renewable energy technologies; Rodrigues; Small island developing states

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUELS; LIFE CYCLE; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; TRANSFERABLE FRAMEWORK ASSESSMENT;

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; LIFE CYCLE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SMALL ISLAND STATE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; RODRIGUEZ ISLAND;

EID: 1542643762     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(03)00252-0     Document Type: Article

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