Technology Transfer for Renewable Energy (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)

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 Asian, Pacific and African countries, and explains the ways in which these obstables can be overcome. The roles of the key players involved and how the Kyoto Protocol can facilitate the transfer in order to mitigate climate change are also discussed.

General

Imprint:	Earthscan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2002
First published:	2003
Authors:	Gill Wilkins
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	238
Edition:	Illustrated Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-85383-753-1
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Energy industries & utilities > Alternative & renewable energy industries Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability
LSN:	1-85383-753-9
Barcode:	9781853837531

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