Meeting India's future needs of electricity through renewable energy sources

Current Science

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 624-630

  Sukhatme, S P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Electricity; Future needs; Per capita basis; Population estimates; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755130463     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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