Environment, Energy and Climate Change
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Decentralized Energy Access and the Millennium Development Goals
Gwénaëlle Legros, Kamal Rijal, Bahareh Seyedi
Decentralized, off-grid power supplies such as micro hydropower can be perceived as expensive investments by poor countries like Nepal. Can these investments be justified by the benefits that electricity brings to villages in remote mountainous regions? This book describes research into the developm...
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Poor People's Energy Outlook 2012
Access to energy is essential for poor people to earn a decent living, to work their way out of the vicious cycle of poverty and subsistence. Whether you earn off the land, from a small business, through a job in a larger enterprise or through the supply of energy itself, energy is important. Poor P...
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Solar Thermal Energy in Nepal
Renewable energy practices in Nepal
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Designing and Building Mini and Micro Hydro Power Schemes
Luis Rodriguez, Teodoro Sanchez
Small hydro power installations have the potential to provide a renewable supply of energy to people in remote, hilly communities, far from the national gird. This book is based on the authors' considerable experience of installing hydroelectric schemes that produce up to 500kW for powering small co...
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Gender Mainstreaming in Energy Projects
This manual provides implementers with technical information on how to install an efficient pico hydro unit with community participation (including that of women in the community who benefit the most from this technology). It further helps practitioners made aware of how best to harness strengths of...
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Solar PV Technologies in Sri Lanka
Renewable energy practices in Sri Lanka
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RE Practices in Pakistan - Solar Thermal Technologies
Renewable energy practices and providers in Pakistan
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Wind Energy in Bangladesh
Renewable energy practices in Bangladesh.
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Solar Thermal Technologies in India
Renewable energy practices in India
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Solar PV Technologies in Pakistan
Renewable energy practices in Pakistan