Sustainability of rural electrification programs based on off-grid photovoltaic (PV) systems in Chile

Energy, Sustainability and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Feron, Sarah ^a   Heinrichs, Harald ^a   Cordero, Raul R ^b  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Off grid PV; Rural electrification; Sustainable energy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; RURAL AREAS;

ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS; INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY; OFF-GRID ELECTRIFICATION; OFF-GRIDS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; PUBLIC ACCESS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

CHILE;

EID: 84995579566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21920567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13705-016-0098-4     Document Type: Article

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