Afghanistan: Solar assets, electricity production, and rural energy factors

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2144-2148

  Burns, Richard K ^a  

^a Peluseum LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Electricity; Energy economics; Rural energy Usage; Small scale solar; Solar Energy; Solar thermal

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LANDFORMS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

AFGHANISTAN; ENERGY ECONOMICS; RURAL ENERGY; SMALL SCALE; SOLAR THERMAL;

RURAL AREAS;

EID: 79952065366     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2010.12.002     Document Type: Review

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