256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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This text highlights the role that renewable energy can play in achieving sustainable development. It focuses on rural areas of developing countries, looking in particular at stand-alone solar home systems and grid-connected biomass cogeneration plants. It analyzes the main barriers to the successful transfer of renewable energy technology, with case studies from a range of South-East Asian, South... Read more
List of Figures, Tables and Boxes * List of Abbreviations * Foreword by Jose Goldemberg * Acknowledgements * Introduction * A Role for Renewables * Transferring Technology to Developing Countries: Key Actors and Roles * Investments in Technology Transfer * Barriers and Options * The Way Forward * Annex 1: Case Studies * Annex 2: Analysis of Case Studies: Options for Overcoming Barriers * References
Biography
Gil Wilkins is a Principal Consultant with AEA Technology, an Energy Adviser to the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and an Associate Fellow with the Sustainable Development Programme of the Royal Institute of International Affairs.
