'Oorja' in India: Assessing a large-scale commercial distribution of advanced biomass stoves to households

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 138-150

  Thurber, Mark C ^a   Phadke, Himani ^a   Nagavarapu, Sriniketh ^b,d   Shrimali, Gireesh ^b   Zerriffi, Hisham ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONTEREY INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass; Commercial business models; Energy services for the poor; Improved cookstoves; LPG

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOMASS; COMMERCE; COSTS; DEPRECIATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; MARKETING; PELLETIZING; SALES; SUPPLY CHAINS; SURVEYS;

BIOMASS FUELS; COMMERCIAL BUSINESS; COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS; CONSUMER MARKET; ENERGY SERVICES; IMPROVED COOKSTOVES; PURCHASE DECISION; PURCHASE RATES;

STOVES;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS; BUSINESS; COOKING APPLIANCE; DEVELOPING WORLD; INDOOR AIR; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS;

INDIA; KARNATAKA; MAHARASHTRA;

EID: 84896721799     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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