Solar lighting for street vendors in the city of Dehradun (India): A feasibility assessment with inputs from a survey

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 7-12

  Yaqoot, Mohammed ^a   Diwan, Parag ^a   Kandpal, Tara C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND ENERGY STUDIES   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Central charging station; Solar lanterns; Street vendors

Indexed keywords

LIGHTING;

CHARGING STATION; FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT; GRID ELECTRICITY; LIGHTING DEVICES; LIGHTING OPTIONS; SOLAR LANTERNS; SOLAR LIGHTINGS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

SURVEYS;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENTREPRENEUR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; SOLAR POWER; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

DEHRADUN; INDIA; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 84900809539     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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