Low-carbon off-grid electrification for rural areas in the United Kingdom: Lessons from the developing world

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 6400-6407

  Yadoo, Annabel ^a   Gormally, Alexandra ^b   Cruickshank, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decentralized energy; Renewable energy; Rural electrification

Indexed keywords

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST; DECENTRALIZED ENERGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LOW-CARBON; OFF-GRID ELECTRIFICATION; OFF-GRIDS; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRIC UTILITIES;

RURAL AREAS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RURAL AREA;

NEPAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80052757409     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.07.040     Document Type: Article

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