Rural people pay for solar: Experiences from the Zambia PV-ESCO project

Renewable Energy

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1251-1263

  Ellegård, Anders ^a   Arvidson, Anders ^b   Nordström, Mattias ^a   Kalumiana, Oscar S ^c   Mwanza, Clotilda ^c  

^a Bioquest HB   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Ministry Energy/Water Devmt ^*  (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KEROSENE; LIGHTING; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RURAL AREAS;

OPERATIONAL COSTS; STANDARD SOLAR HOMES (SSH);

SOLAR ENERGY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; RURAL POPULATION; SOLAR POWER;

AFRICA; EASTERN PROVINCE [ZAMBIA]; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 1542749036     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2003.11.019     Document Type: Article

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