Rural electrification: Strategies for distributed generation

Rural Electrification: Strategies for Distributed Generation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-203

  Zerriffi, Hisham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 84891449273     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9594-7     Document Type: Book

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