Beyond technology and finance: pay-as-you-go sustainable energy access and theories of social change

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2609-2627

  Rolffs, Paula ^a   Ockwell, David ^b   Byrne, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

finance; Kenya; socio technical transitions; solar PV; sustainable energy access

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; FINANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOLAR POWER; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; UNITED NATIONS;

KENYA;

EID: 84950325673     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308518X15615368     Document Type: Article

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