Deconstructing the dichotomies of solar photovoltaic (PV) dissemination trajectories in Ghana, Kenya and Zimbabwe from the 1960s to 2007

Energy Policy

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 410-421

  Bawakyillenuo, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Dissemination; PV; Replication

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL STEPS; DIFFUSION PROCESS; DISSEMINATION; EMPIRICAL DATA; PV; REPLICATION; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL SHAPING; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLAR PVS; THROUGH THE LENS; ZIMBABWE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

TECHNOLOGY;

ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY RESOURCE; HETEROGENEITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOLAR POWER; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

GHANA; KENYA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84865583705     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.06.042     Document Type: Article

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