A comparative evaluation of household preferences for solar photovoltaic standalone and mini-grid system: An empirical study in a costal village of Indian Sundarban

Renewable Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2835-2838

  Bhandari, Amit K ^a   Jana, Chinmoy ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Customer choice; Logit model; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; CUSTOMER CHOICE; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; GRID SYSTEMS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS; LIGHTING SYSTEMS; LOGIT MODELS; POLICY MAKERS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION; RURAL HOUSEHOLDS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SUPPLY SYSTEM;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; LIGHTING; LIGHTING FIXTURES; RURAL AREAS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SURVEYS;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LOGIT ANALYSIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POLICY MAKING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION; SOLAR POWER; SUBURBAN AREA; VILLAGE;

INDIA;

SWINEPOX VIRUS (STRAIN KASZA);

EID: 77954313546     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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