Sustainable electricity generation for rural and peri-urban populations of sub-Saharan Africa: The "flexy-energy" concept

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 131-141

  Azoumah, Y ^a   Yamegueu, D ^a   Ginies, P ^a   Coulibaly, Y ^a   Girard, P ^a  

^a Laboratoire Energie Solaire et Economie d'Energie ^*  (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Flexy energy; Hybrid system; Off grid system

Indexed keywords

BATTERY STORAGE; BURKINA FASO; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRICITY BILL; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION COST; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; FLEXY-ENERGY; KEY ISSUES; NATURAL ENERGY RESOURCES; OFF-GRID SYSTEM; POVERTY REDUCTION; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN COUNTRIES; URBAN POPULATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC GROUNDING; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY RESOURCES; HYBRID COMPUTERS; HYBRID SYSTEMS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

BIOFUEL; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ELECTRIFICATION; ENERGY POLICY; PERIURBAN AREA; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; POWER PLANT;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 78549234303     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.09.021     Document Type: Article

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