A rural electriยฎcation programme with renewable energy systems was launched in Mexico in 1989, based mostly on solar home systems due to the large population dispersion. In spite of the high per-watt costs of current photovoltaic technology, over 1250 rural communities have already been electriยฎed,
On the electrification of rural Mexico
โ Scribed by Manuel Martinez
- Book ID
- 108016140
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1988
- Weight
- 362 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0741-983X
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