Village-level solar power in Africa: Accelerating access to electricity services through a socio-technical design in Kenya

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages 34-44

  Ulsrud, Kirsten ^a   Winther, Tanja ^a   Palit, Debajit ^b   Rohracher, Harald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Africa; Electricity; Kenya; Renewable energy; Solar power; Village

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027941920     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2014.12.009     Document Type: Article

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