Evaluation of choices for sustainable rural electrification in developing countries: A multicriteria approach

Energy Policy

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 589-599

  Rahman, Md Mizanur ^a,b   Paatero, Jukka V ^a   Lahdelma, Risto ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b Rural Electrification Board (REB)   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Multicriteria; Off grid supply; Rural electrification

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTI-CRITERIA APPROACH; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION AIDING; OFF-GRIDS; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION; STOCHASTIC MULTICRITERIA ACCEPTABILITY ANALYSIS; TECHNICAL DIMENSIONS;

DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRICITY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

RURAL AREAS;

COMPETITIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION; STOCHASTICITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84879506326     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.04.017     Document Type: Article

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