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Planning Guidelines, Technologies and Applications
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By
N. El Bassam, International Research Center for Renewable Energy (IFEED), Sievershausen, Germany
P. Maegaard, Danish Center for Renewable Energy, Hurup Thy, Denmark
Description
More than two billion people worldwide have currently no access to grid electricity or other efficient energy supply. This is one third
of humanity and the majority live in rural areas. The productivity and health of these people are diminished by reliance on traditional
fuels and technologies, with women and children suffering most. Energy is the key element to empower people and ensure water, food and
fodder supply as well as rural development. Therefore access to energy should be treated as the fundamental right to everybody. Renewable
energy has the potential to bring power, not only in the literal sense, to communities by transforming their prospects.
This book offers
options that meet the needs of people and communities for energy and engage them in identifying and planning their own provision. It
describes updated renewable energy technologies and offers strategies and guidelines for the planning and implementation of sustainable
energy supply for individuals and communities.
Audience
"...offers strategies and guidelines for the planning and implementation of sustainable energy supply for individuals and communities."
-Energy, 2004
Contents
Preface. Index of figures. Index of tables. Foreword.
1. Introduction.
2. Overview of energy requirements
for rural communities.
2.1 Heat. 2.2 Electric power. 2.3 Water. 2.4 Lighting. 2.5 Cooking. 2.6 Health and sanitation. 2.7 Communications.
2.8 Transportation. 2.9 Agriculture. 2.10 Basic and extended needs.
3. Calculating energy and food production potential and
requirements.
3.1 Modelling approaches. 3.2 Data acquisition. 3.3 Determination of energy and food requirements. 3.4 Energy
potential analysis. 3.5 Data collection and processing for energy utilization. 3.6 Wind energy. 3.7 Biomass. 3.8 Energetic use of biomass.
4. Planning of integrated energy systems for rural communities.
4.1 Scenario 1. 4.2 Scenario 2. 4.3 Case study I:
Implementation of IEF under climatic conditions of Central Europe. 4.4 Case study II: Arid and semi arid regions.
5. Renewable
energy resources and technologies.
5.1 Biomass and bioenergy. 5.2 Regional availability. 5.3 Deployment of biogas: Denmark as
a case study. 5.4 Plant oils. 5.5 Ethanol. 5.6 Combustion. 5.7 Gasification. 5.8 Pyrolysis. 5.9 Cogeneration. 5.10 Wind energy. 5.11
Solar energy. 5.12 Hydropower. 5.13 Geothermal energy. 5.14 Marine energy (general). 5.15 Ocean thermal energy. 5.16 Tidal energy. 5.17
Wave energy. 5.18 Hydrogen. 5.19 Fuel cells. 5.20 Stirling engines for power and heat generation. 5.21 Tractors as power generator (dual
uses). 5.22 Batteries. 5.23 Alternative transportation fuels.
6. Applications of renewable energy technologies.
6.1
Cookers and stoves. 6.2 Air conditioning, cooling, refrigeration and ice making. 6.3 Solar powered village scale potable water system.
6.4 Telecommunication. 6.5 Mobility and alternative fuel vehicles.
7. System integration.
7.1 The integrated energy
farm. 7.2 New achievement in the utilization of biomass for energy in China.
8. Buildings and energy saving.
9. Environmental
assessment.
10. Economic dimensions.
10.1 Economic aspects. 10.2 Recent and future market. 10.3 Financing and investment.
10.4 Development. 10.5 Marketing strategy.
11. Legislative structures.
Appendices.
1. Glossary.
2. Abbreviations and acronyms. 3. Conversion factors. 4. Inventory of PV systems for sustainable agriculture and rural development. 5.
Solar restaurant in Chile. 6. Biomass turbo stove BAFOB 5KW. 7. Illuminating the path. 8. Renewables and tourism. Sources of figures
and tables. Subject index. References.
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 342 pages, publication date: JUN-2004
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-51014-3
ISBN-10: 0-444-51014-1
Imprint: ELSEVIER
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