Halting hydro: A review of the socio-technical barriers to hydroelectric power plants in Nepal

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 3468-3476

  Sovacool, Benjamin K ^a   Dhakal, Saroj ^a   Gippner, Olivia ^a   Bambawale, Malavika Jain ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Energy crisis; Hydroelectricity; Nepal

Indexed keywords

ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; POWER PLANTS;

ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY CRISIS; HYDRO-POWER RESOURCES; HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATION; HYDROELECTRICITY; HYDROPOWER SYSTEM; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MIXED METHOD; NEPAL; POLICY MAKERS; PRICE SIGNALS; RESEARCH METHODS; SEMI-STRUCTURED; SITE VISITS; SOCIOTECHNICAL; SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS THEORY; SYSTEMS APPROACH;

HYDROELECTRIC POWER;

COMMERCIALIZATION; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY USE; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; POLICY MAKING; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

NEPAL;

EID: 79955646720     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.03.051     Document Type: Article

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