Selling solar: The diffusion of renewable energy in emerging markets

Selling Solar: The Diffusion of Renewable Energy in Emerging Markets

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-306

  Miller, Damian ^a  

^a Orb Energy ^*  (India)

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EID: 84917242802     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849772518     Document Type: Book

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