Lighting villages at the end of the line with geothermal energy in eastern Baringo lowlands, Kenya - Steps towards reaching the millennium development goals (MDGs)

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 4067-4079

  Ogola, Pacifica F Achieng ^a   Davidsdottir, Brynhildur ^a   Fridleifsson, Ingvar Birgir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNU GTP Iceland   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Electrification; Geothermal energy; Millennium development goals (MDGs)

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS;

COMMERCIAL SECTOR; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRIFICATION; GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES; HIGH VOLTAGE LINE; MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS; RESOURCE POTENTIALS; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE;

RURAL AREAS;

EID: 80051796444     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.07.038     Document Type: Review

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