Wind energy in sub-Saharan Africa: Financial and political causes for the sector's under-development

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages 90-104

  Mukasa, Alli D ^a   Mutambatsere, Emelly ^b   Arvanitis, Yannis ^c   Triki, Thouraya ^d  

^a AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b Southern Africa Region   (South Africa)

^c African Development Bank Senegal Regional Office Immeuble Coumba   (Senegal)

^d AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Africa; Renewable energy; Sub Saharan; Wind energy markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923239575     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2014.12.019     Document Type: Article

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