Bringing solar home systems to rural El Salvador: Lessons for small NGOs

Energy Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 721-729

  Balint, Peter J ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

El Salvador; Rural electrification; Solar home systems

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FINANCE; MARKETING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EL SALVADOR; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION; SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ELECTRIFICATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; RURAL ENERGY; SOLAR POWER;

CENTRAL AMERICA; EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 30744471395     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2004.07.010     Document Type: Article

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