Solar home system (SHS) in rural bangladesh: Ornamentation or fact of development?

Energy Policy

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 348-354

  Rahman, Syed M ^a   Ahmad, Mokbul M ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Rural development; Solar Home System (SHS)

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; GRID CONNECTIONS; INCOME GENERATION; POPULATION GROWTH; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL HOUSEHOLDS; SOLAR HOME SYSTEM;

POPULATION STATISTICS; REGIONAL PLANNING; RURAL AREAS; SOLAR ENERGY;

SOLAR BUILDINGS;

ACCESSIBILITY; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ENERGY; SOLAR POWER;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84887153926     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.08.041     Document Type: Article

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