Transition towards off-grid photovoltaic systems: Is price the final answer?

Energy Procedia

Volumn 57, Issue , 2014, Pages 1546-1554

  Sriwannawit, Pranpreya ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Advantage; Benefit; Cost; Diffusion; Economic; Incentive; Rural electrification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922311053     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.10.146     Document Type: Conference Paper

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