Solar-based rural electrification policy design: The Renewable Energy Service Company (RESCO) model in Fiji

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 797-803

  Dornan, M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fiji; Rural electrification; SHS; Small island developing states; Solar; Solar home systems

Indexed keywords

FIJI; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION; SHS; SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATE; SOLAR; SOLAR HOME SYSTEM;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MAINTENANCE; RURAL AREAS; SOLAR BUILDINGS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

DEVELOPING WORLD; OWNERSHIP; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION; SOLAR POWER; STAKEHOLDER;

FIJI;

EID: 77957336298     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2010.07.015     Document Type: Article

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