Solar lanterns for rural households

Joyashree Roy and Sebak Jana ()

Energy, 1998, vol. 23, issue 1, 67-68

Abstract: Using household-survey data in a village of West Bengal, we justify investments in solar lanterns. A government distribution program alone cannot sustain this activity. Willingness to pay by households for the new technology determines success of the program.

Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1016/S0360-5442(97)00067-4

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