Technology Choices for Off-Grid Electrification

Green Energy and Technology

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 39-72

  Kishore, V V N ^a   Jagu, Dattakiran ^a   Nand Gopal, E ^a  

^a TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; RURAL AREAS;

DECENTRALIZED POWER GENERATIONS; DEVELOPING REGIONS; INDIVIDUAL TECHNOLOGY; OFF-GRID ELECTRIFICATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; RESOURCE CHARACTERISTIC; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84883161808     PISSN: 18653529     EISSN: 18653537     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-4673-5_3     Document Type: Article

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