02848nam a2200349Ii 4500991003216159707536070802s2004 ne ab sb 001 0 eng d97804445101430444510141b13650105-39ule_instBibl. Dip.le Aggr. Ingegneria Innovazione - Sez. Ingegneria Innovazioneeng333.79409173422El Bassam, Nasir627287Integrated renewable energy for rural communities[e-book] :planning guidelines, technologies, and applications /Nasir El Bassam, Preben MaegaardAmsterdam ;Boston :Elsevier,2004xxv, 315 p. :ill., maps ;25 cmIncludes bibliographical references (p. 303-308) and indexMore 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 communitiesElectronic reproduction.Amsterdam :Elsevier Science & Technology,2007.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Web browser.Title from title screen (viewed on July 25, 2007).Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutionsRenewable energy sourcesRural developmentEnergy developmentElectronic books.localMaegaard, Prebenauthorhttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut738971Original04445101419780444510143(DLC) 2004053787(OCoLC)55744818Referexhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780444510143An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for informationPublisher descriptionhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/els051/2004053787.html.b1365010503-03-2224-01-08991003216159707536Integrated renewable energy for rural communities1463898UNISALENTOle02624-01-08m@ -engne 00