Integrated renewable energy for rural communities [e-book] : planning guidelines, technologies, and applications / Nasir El Bassam, Preben Maegaard

• Autore: El Bassam, Nasir
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: xxv, 315 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm
• Disciplina: 333.794091734
• Soggetto topico: Renewable energy sources; Rural development; Energy development
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: Maegaard, Prebenauthor
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-308) and index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Eiproduzione: Electronic 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 institutions
• ISBN: 9780444510143; 0444510141
• Formato: Risorse elettroniche
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 991003216159707536
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento
• Localizzazioni e accesso elettronico: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780444510143; http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/els051/2004053787.html