Are micro-benefits negligible? The implications of the rapid expansion of Solar Home Systems (SHS) in rural Bangladesh for sustainable development

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4022-4031

  Komatsu, Satoru ^a   Kaneko, Shinji ^a   Ghosh, Partha Pratim ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Arc Bangladesh ^*  (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Benefit assessment; Solar Home Systems

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; BENEFIT ASSESSMENTS; ENERGY COST; HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS; POTENTIAL DEMAND; PRICE REDUCTIONS; PURCHASING COSTS; RAPID EXPANSION; RECHARGEABLE BATTERY; RURAL LIVELIHOOD; SOLAR HOME SYSTEM;

COST ACCOUNTING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST REDUCTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRIC LIGHTING; PURCHASING; SOLAR ENERGY; SURVEYS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

SOLAR BUILDINGS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY USE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; RURAL ENERGY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOLAR POWER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 79957632534     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.11.022     Document Type: Article

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