Off-grid rural area electrification through solar-diesel hybrid minigrids in Bangladesh: Resource-efficient design principles in practice

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 95, Issue , 2015, Pages 194-202

  Chowdhury, Shahriar Ahmed ^a   Aziz, Shakila ^a   Groh, Sebastian ^b   Kirchhoff, Hannes ^b   Leal Filho, Walter ^c  

^a UNITED INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy access; Hybrid minigrid; Productive use; Renewable energy; Resource efficiency; Sustainable energy for all

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DIESEL ENGINES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; SOLAR BUILDINGS;

ENERGY ACCESS; HYBRID MINIGRID; PRODUCTIVE USE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RESOURCE EFFICIENCIES; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY;

RURAL AREAS;

EID: 84927175249     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.02.062     Document Type: Article

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