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CLOSE THIS BOOKRenewable Energy Technologies: A Review of the Status and Costs of Selected Technologies (WB, 1994, 184 p.)
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VIEW THE DOCUMENTAbbreviations and acronyms
1. Overview
Biomass Energy
3. Solar-thermal
4 Photovoltaics
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Annexes

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