The trials and tribulations of the Village Energy Security Programme (VESP) in India

Energy Policy

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 407-417

  Palit, Debajit ^a   Sovacool, Benjamin K ^b   Cooper, Christopher ^b   Zoppo, David ^b   Eidsness, Jay ^b   Crafton, Meredith ^b   Johnson, Katie ^b   Clarke, Shannon ^b  

^a THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

^b VERMONT LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Energy poverty; Rural energy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; DEVELOPING ECONOMIES; ENERGY POVERTIES; MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RURAL COMMUNITY; RURAL ENERGY; STRAIGHT VEGETABLE OIL; TOTAL ENERGY REQUIREMENT;

BIOMASS; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY SECURITY; VEGETABLE OILS;

RURAL AREAS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOGAS; BIOMASS POWER; COOKING APPLIANCE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENERGY POLICY; POLICY APPROACH; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RURAL ENERGY; VEGETABLE OIL;

INDIA;

EID: 84876312177     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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