Barriers to the adoption of photovoltaic systems: The state of the art

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 60-66

  Karakaya, Emrah ^a,b   Sriwannawit, Pranpreya ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Innovation; Renewable; Solar energy; Solar home system

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION BARRIERS; ECONOMICS; RURAL AREAS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES; CURRENT BARRIERS; INNOVATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; RENEWABLE; SOLAR HOME SYSTEM; STATE OF THE ART; STATE-OF-THE ART REVIEWS; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW; WEB OF SCIENCE;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84929095689     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.04.058     Document Type: Review

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