Coping with the energy crisis: Impact assessment and potentials of non-traditional renewable energy in rural Kyrgyzstan

Energy Policy

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 130-139

  Liu, Melisande F M ^a   Pistorius, Till ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Institute of Forest and Environmental Policy   (Germany)

Author keywords

Impacts and Barriers; Kyrgyzstan; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CRISIS; ENERGY SECTOR; ENERGY SERVICES; ENERGY SOLUTIONS; FINANCING SCHEMES; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; IMPACTS AND BARRIERS; INTEGRATED PROGRAMMES; KYRGYZSTAN; NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS; NON-TRADITIONAL; PRIVATE SECTORS; PROJECT PLANNERS; QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY; RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT;

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RURAL AREAS;

ENERGY POLICY;

ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RURAL AREA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

KYRGYZSTAN;

EID: 84858290863     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.01.025     Document Type: Article

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