OUT Success Stories: Photovoltaic Deployment in West Bengal, India

Book · Thu Aug 31 00:00:00 EDT 2000

OSTI ID:14514

Strawn, N

Bringing electric power to thousands of people in India allows them to pump water electrically and to light their homes at night. For these applications, photovoltaic (PV) electricity is often the least expensive and most reliable power alternative. This market represents one of the largest and fastest growing sectors for renewable energy technology.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-98GO10337
• OSTI ID: 14514
• Report Number(s): NREL/FS-330-23703; DOE/GO-10098-493; TRN: US200307%%272
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Supercedes report DE00014514; PBD: 8 Oct 1998; PBD: 31 Aug 2000; PBD: 31 Aug 2000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
ELECTRIC POWER
ELECTRICITY
INDIA
MARKET
WATER
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SOLAR ENERGY
LIGHTING SYSTEMS
PHOTOVOLTAIC
PV
RENEWABLE ENERGY
WEST BENGAL
INDIA
ELECTRIFICATION SYSTEMS
SOLAR
DOMESTIC LIGHTING SYSTEMS