New partnerships and business models for facilitating energy access

Energy Policy

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 48-55

  Chaurey, Akanksha ^a   Krithika, P R ^a   Palit, Debajit ^a   Rakesh, Smita ^a   Sovacool, Benjamin K ^b  

^a THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

^b VERMONT LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Business models; Energy access; Public private partnerships

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS MODELS; CASE-STUDIES; ENERGY ACCESS; ENERGY OPTIONS; GLOBAL COMMUNITY; MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS; NEW FORMS; POLICY CHOICES; PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS; REPLICABILITY; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION; SCALING-UP; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; UNIVERSAL ACCESS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; RURAL AREAS;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

BUSINESS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENERGY USE; INNOVATION; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; MODELING; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84861189357     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.03.031     Document Type: Article

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