Towards understanding consumption in multi-user solar energy systems: The cases of villages in Argentina and Cuba

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 559-568

  Jenny, Annette ^a   Mosler, Hans Joachim ^b   López, José Raúl Díaz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Energy demand; Multi user systems; Rural electrification

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC APPLIANCES; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INSTALLATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RURAL AREAS;

ENERGY DEMAND; MULTI-USER SYSTEMS; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION; SOCIOTECHNIC SYSTEMS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 6044230801     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.568     Document Type: Article

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