Small-scale hydropower in Africa: Socio-technical designs for renewable energy in Tanzanian villages

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages 20-33

  Ahlborg, Helene ^a   Sjöstedt, Martin ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Africa; Renewable energy; Rural electrification; Sociotechnical systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027943050     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2014.12.017     Document Type: Article

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