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Author : Mikul Bhatia
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Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Capturing the Multi-Dimensionality of Energy Access written by Mikul Bhatia and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Douglas F. Barnes
Publisher : Inter-American Development Bank
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Meeting Challenges, Measuring Progress written by Douglas F. Barnes and published by Inter-American Development Bank. This book was released on 2018-11-14 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Energy access is an essential prerequisite for economic, social, and human development. The 2015 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) explicitly recognized affordable and clean energy as a key factor in development, alongside education and poverty alleviation. The UN Sustainable Energy for All initiative (SEforALL) mobilizes international donors, countries, and the private sector to help people in developing countries gain access to modern energy services.To assist in support of SEgorALL goals, this joint study of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) provides a comprehensive review of energy poverty policies and programs in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). This report measures the progress and impact of energy-access programs and also documents the experience of successful projects. This study reviews cutting-edge methodologies to assist in program design, shares of experiences of successful programs and develops a vision for reaching sustainable energy for all in the LAC region. With electricity coverage at more than 96 percent, LAC is close to becoming the world’s first developing region to achieve universal access to electricity. Despite recent progress, within LAC there are still substantial pockets of energy poverty. Approximately 21.8 million people are without electricity access. More than 80 million people rely on firewood and charcoal for cooking that is burned in fuel-inefficient, primitive stoves. These traditional cooking technologies emit a significant amount of indoor air pollution (IAP), which has been linked to respiratory illnesses and adverse environmental impacts. Thus, in addition to promoting electricity, energy access programs also might give priority to the promotion of cleaner methods cooking by making available better stoves and cleaner burning fuels at reasonable costs. The report also explores ways to measure energy poverty and monitor energy access in developing countries. The accuracy and effectiveness of tools such as the IEA’s household energy data efforts and the Global Tracking Framework depend on collecting information through standardized national surveys. Approaches to measure energy poverty and monitor energy access have increasingly focused on the provision of energy services such as lighting, space conditioning and cooking. The transition from low-quality energy services to more modern forms can be accomplished in different ways. As households in developing countries adopt electricity and clean methods of cooking, they benefit from higher quality, lower cost and convenient to use appliances. However, measuring the societal and developmental benefits of energy investments--though difficult--is important. Two basic approaches have evolved over the years to measure the benefits of energy access: (i) consumer surplus and (ii) regression-based techniques. The consumer surplus approach evaluates the economic benefits of energy services through measuring increased demand resulting from lower costs of such energy end uses such as lighting, radio and television. When possible, rigorous impact evaluation techniques based on multivariate models can be used to more directly measure the socioeconomic benefits associated with energy access and modern energy services including higher income and improved education. In recent years, new approaches for meeting the requirements of modern and sustainable energy services have emerged. Due to technical and market changes, new types of equipment have become available for providing energy services to rural areas. In LAC, three basic models have been developed to provide rural populations with electricity service: (i) main grid extension, (ii) community networks, and (iii) individual home-based systems (including clean cookstoves).
Author : Kebir, Noara
Publisher : Universitätsverlag der TU Berlin
ISBN 13 : 3798327440
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (983 download)
Download or read book Micro Perspectives for Decentralized Energy Supply : Proceedings of the International Conference (2015, Bangalore) written by Kebir, Noara and published by Universitätsverlag der TU Berlin. This book was released on 2015-04-13 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Der Tagungsband enthält die wissenschaftlichen Beiträge der Konferenz "Mikro-Perspektiven auf dezentrale Energieversorgung" vom 23. bis 24.4.2015 in Bangalore, Indien. Die Beiträge umfassen eine große Bandbreite an Themen von technischen Herausforderungen dezentraler Energieversorgung über Konzepte für DC Micro Grids bis zu Finanzierungs- und Geschäftsmodellen für die Implementierung dieser innovativen Technologien. Weiterhin enthält der Band Beiträge zu Planungs- und Governance-Stratgien, historische Analysen der Infrastrukturentwicklung und Technologie-Bewertung. Mit Fallstudien zu dezentraler Energieversorgung von Indien, Bangladesch, Ägypten, Äthiopien, Kenia, Nigeria, Tansanie und Brasilien geben die Artikel einen guten Überblick über die globalen Entwickung in diesem Sektor. The Proceedings present the scientific contributions of the Conference "Micro Perspectives for Decentralized Energy Supply" from 23rd till 24th of April in Bangalore, India. The papers cover a broad range of topics ranging from technical challenges of decentralized energy supply and concepts for solar DC micro grids till financing and business models for the implementation of those innovative technologies. The volume also contains contributions about planning and governance strategies, historical analyses of the infrastructural development and technology assessments. With case studies on decentralised energy supply from e.g. India, Bangladesh, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Brazil the papers give a good overview of the development of this sector all over the world.
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9251380171
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (513 download)
Download or read book Sustainable bioenergy potential from crop, livestock and woody residues in Rwanda: An integrated bioenergy and food security approach written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2023-09-18 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Access to sustainable energy is essential for development, poverty reduction and food security. Rwanda, like many other developing countries, is working on identifying sustainable energy solutions to ensure access to energy. Bioenergy is one possible form of renewable energy that countries are looking at to supply part of their energy portfolio. Rwanda currently relies on traditional biomass for energy supply, and shifting away from traditional biomass use would lower its dependency on traditional biomass and improve access to modern sustainable energy forms. Sustainable bioenergy interlinks closely with the agriculture sector, therefore it is necessary to find specific options that minimize negative impacts on the environment and food security. This accomplishes the dual purpose of energy security and food security. This report assesses the use of agriculture residues for the production of bioenergy in Rwanda. The methodology used for the assessment is the Bioenergy and Food Security (BEFS) approach of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The report provides a detailed assessment of the potential of crop, livestock and woody biomass availability for the production of off-grid electricity solutions and cooking fuels. Through the assessment, a number of specific bioenergy pathways are identified as suitable for bioenergy production. These options should be carried forward for piloting in the country and ground truthing.
Author : Mikul Bhatia
Publisher :
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Book Rating : 4.:/5 (972 download)
Download or read book Beyond Connections written by Mikul Bhatia and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Adeniyi A. Afonja
Publisher : ChudacePublishing
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Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book FOSSIL FUELS AND THE ENVIRONMENT written by Adeniyi A. Afonja and published by ChudacePublishing. This book was released on 1984 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change is a major global issue today, and one of the most controversial. The debate is full of well-mixed ideals, myths and realities. The pro-climate change world has an aggressive global campaign machinery against fossil energy use which is believed to be the cause of global warming and climate change. The sceptics are just as strong: either they do not believe that the climate is changing, or they think human activities have nothing to do with it. Infusion of politics inspired by intra-country exigencies has further complicated the issues and it has become difficult to distinguish between realities, facts, and fiction. Ideals and myths are strong weapons for sensitizing and motivating global mitigation action on climate change, but it is also useful to know what is real or possible. Facing realities would help to focus on feasible, sustainable adaptation and mitigation actions that could help the world optimize energy use and deal with the consequences of climate change. Global warming is one of the major indicators of climate change, and extensive climate database shows that the average global temperature has been rising steadily from pre-industrial 14oC and, although there are many natural phenomena that can cause the Earth to heat up or cool, strong scientific evidence indicates that between 0.8oC and 1.2oC of the rise has been caused by human activities which release heat-trapping greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere, mostly in the last seven decades or so. This apparently small temperature rise can have very big impact on the global climate largely because the oceans which occupy around three-quarters of the Earth’s surface area absorb over 90% of the anthropogenic heat and much of the carbon dioxide. An increase in the average global temperature by even less than 1oC can have a profound influence on weather and climate in many ways, in particular, wind dynamics and the intensity, frequency and geographical spread of extreme weather; draught and desertification. Also, about 7 million deaths annually are associated with environmental pollution. Although there are many natural phenomena that can cause global warming and climate change, ample scientific evidence shows that human activities particularly in the last seven decades or so have exacerbated the negative impacts on weather, climate, human health and the survival of the ecosystem, with potentially devastating consequences which may resonate for centuries, even millennia. Fossil fuels have powered the global economy for centuries but also account for by far the largest share of anthropogenic emissions that have been causing profound environmental issues. Considering the pivotal role of fossil fuels in industry, transportation and building sectors of the global economy, the vital role fossil energy production and trading in country economies, security, and human development across all regions of the world, and the currently slow rate of decarbonizing energy, the dominance will likely persist for decades. This book discusses in depth the global energy resources, production and use by the different sectors of the economy, and associated environmental issues. The extensive recent publications on energy use and the environment are reviewed in depth, alternative pathways to a lower carbon energy global economy are discussed and strategies for adaptation and mitigation that could place the world on the pathway towards a sustainable environment are presented.
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9251334749
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (513 download)
Download or read book Sustainable bioenergy potential in Zambia written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zambia is richly endowed with a wide range of biomass sources including woodlands, forests, agricultural residues and livestock waste. Biomass energy contributes supplies over 70 percent of the country’s energy needs. Due to the current extraction and consumption methods, the use of biomass energy has been linked with detrimental environmental effects such as deforestation and forest degradation as well as climate change, due to the loss of carbon sinks. Inefficient utilisation of biomass contributes significantly to deforestation which is estimated at between 79 000 – 150 000 ha per year, and negatively affects the health and income of rural households that depend on forest products for their livelihoods. Sustainable bioenergy strategies and alternative bioenergy solutions need to be defined and integrated into current efforts of the country to increase stable and sustainable access to energy. This report assesses the country context and defines which bioenergy options can be viable considering a number of solutions for electricity production, cooking fuels and transport fuels at the provincial and district level. Possible options originating from crop residues, livestock residues and forest plantation harvesting residues are identified, having netted out agriculture and forestry needs. The assessment now needs to be followed by local verification and investment to deploy an initial set of bioenergy projects and test the findings on the ground.
Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
ISBN 13 : 9292629875
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (926 download)
Download or read book Financing Clean Energy in Developing Asia—Volume 1 written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2021-09-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first of two volumes that review various approaches and instruments that have been tried, tested, and utilized to scale up clean energy development in Asia and the Pacific. This volume examines clean energy investment needs and financing gaps in the region and reviews existing financing options and approaches, including examples of how these have been applied. Innovative solutions for mobilizing private finance and managing risks associated with clean energy investments are also discussed.
Author : Assoc Prof Benjamin K Sovacool
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1409471667
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (94 download)
Download or read book Energy Access, Poverty, and Development written by Assoc Prof Benjamin K Sovacool and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-01-28 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book showcases how small-scale renewable energy technologies such as solar panels, cookstoves, biogas digesters, microhydro units, and wind turbines are helping Asia respond to a daunting set of energy governance challenges. Using extensive original research this book offers a compendium of the most interesting renewable energy case studies over the last ten years from one of the most diverse regions in the world. Through an in-depth exploration of case studies in Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, and Sri Lanka, the authors highlight the applicability of different approaches and technologies and illuminates how household and commercial innovations occur (or fail to occur) within particular energy governance regimes. It also, uniquely, explores successful case studies alongside failures or "worst practice" examples that are often just as revealing as those that met their targets. Based on these successes and failures, the book presents twelve salient lessons for policymakers and practitioners wishing to expand energy access and raise standards of living in some of the world's poorest communities. It also develops an innovative framework consisting of 42 distinct factors that explain why some energy development interventions accomplish all of their goals while others languish to achieve any.
Author : Benjamin M. Attia
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781369116366
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (163 download)
Download or read book Financing Energy Access Through Community Participatory Equity written by Benjamin M. Attia and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis seeks to further the academic definition and practitioner implementation of energy access solutions by developing and applying a theoretical multidimensional energy access framework that understands the drivers and barriers to successful rural energy implementation through the lens of four dimensions: techno-economic, socio-economic, agro-economic and institutional-economic. The rapid deployment and acceleration of rural energy access interventions is also catalytically dependent on financing, and understanding this multidimensionality may help institutional and private investors and policymakers close the $1 trillion financing gap for rural micro-grids. Because of their open-access nature, micro-grids can be considered as common property resources capable of community management without a tragedy of the commons under a theoretically Ostromian Community Participatory Equity (CPE) framework. Cost-driven by the remoteness of the project, these community-managed systems have significant socio-economic benefits and can see significant improvements in project economics and financing through cost decreases that are instead taken on by the community rather than the third-party developer or project company, reducing the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) by over 50%. This work concludes that the CPE framework, especially when paired with grant financing for capital costs and early-stage O&M&M fees, can greatly increase the attractiveness of these projects for investors and end users and enable an informed and targeted market entry strategy for the vast untapped off-grid markets.
Author : Hugh Dyer
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178100790X
Total Pages : 575 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (81 download)
Download or read book International Handbook of Energy Security written by Hugh Dyer and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ÔThis Handbook should be consulted by anybody interested in the issue of energy security. It convincingly demonstrates why the provision of energy is such a contentious issue, addressing the complex interaction of economic, social, environmental, technical and political aspects involved. The book is particularly valuable in investigating and highlighting processes in which (inter)national actors apply this variety of aspects in (re)constructing their notion of Òenergy securityÓ, its particular meaning and the implications thereof. Such understanding of energy security is helpful!Õ Ð Aad F. CorreljŽ, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands ÔEnergy security has for long been treated as an issue of pure geopolitics. Hugh Dyer and Maria Julia Trombetta aim at broadening energy security debates and extend them to new agendas. Their excellent Handbook offers a fresh perspective on four crucial dimensions: supply, demand, environment and human security. A diverse group of international energy scholars provides for an in-depth and comprehensive analysis of key contemporary energy problems, ranging from an oil producersÕ perspectives on energy security to ethical dimensions of renewable energy and climate governance.Õ Ð Andreas Goldthau, Central European University, Hungary This Handbook brings together energy security experts to explore the implications of framing the energy debate in security terms, both in respect of the governance of energy systems and the practices associated with energy security. The contributors expertly review and analyse the key aspects and research issues in the emerging field of energy security, test the current state of knowledge, and provide suggestions for reflection and further analysis. This involves providing an account of the multiplicity of discourses and meanings of energy security, and contextualizing them. They also suggest a rewriting of energy security discourses and their representation in purely economic terms. This volume examines energy security and its conceptual and practical challenges from the perspectives of security of supply, security of demand, environmental change and human security. It will prove essential for students in the fields of global, international and national politics of energy, economics, and society as well as engineering. It will also appeal to policy practitioners and anybody interested in keeping the lights on, avoiding climate change, and providing a secure future for humanity.
Author : Shengyuan Liu
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 283255444X
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (325 download)
Download or read book Power System Operation and Optimization Considering High Penetration of Renewable Energy written by Shengyuan Liu and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2024-09-19 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The energy landscape is shifting toward renewable energy sources to mitigate climate change and reduce dependence on fossil fuels. The integration of renewable energy sources into the power grid presents various challenges, including uncertainty and variability of renewable energy sources, grid stability, and management of energy storage. Power system operation and optimization play a crucial role in managing the energy supply-demand balance, reducing operational costs, and improving the reliability of the power system. This call for papers aims to bring together the latest research and practical applications related to power system operation and optimization in the context of high penetration of renewable energy sources. We welcome contributions from researchers and practitioners from a broad range of disciplines to shed light on the challenges and opportunities associated with renewable energy integration in power systems. The objective of this Research Topic is to explore the latest advances in power system operation and optimization with a focus on the high penetration of renewable energy sources. We invite potential authors to submit articles for publication on the Research Topic of Frontiers in Energy Research on Power System Operation and Optimization Considering the High Penetration of Renewable Energy.
Author : International Energy Agency (IEA) International Energy Agency (IEA)
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 1464802009
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (648 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Energy for All 2013-2014 written by International Energy Agency (IEA) International Energy Agency (IEA) and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2014-01-08 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A team of energy experts from 15 agencies worked under the leadership of the World Bank and the International Energy Agency to produce this comprehensive snapshot of the status of more than 170 countries with respect to energy access, action on energy efficiency and renewable energy, and energy consumption. The report’s framework for data collection and analysis will enable us to monitor progress on the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) objectives from now to 2030. The report also shows how different countries can boost progress toward sustainable energy. Reaching universal energy access depends decisively on actions in some 20 "high-impact" countries in Africa and Asia. Attaining the global objectives for energy efficiency and renewable energy hinges on efforts in some 20 developed and emerging economies that account for 80 percent of global energy consumption. Finally, the report identifies a number of "fast-moving" countries whose exceptionally rapid progress on the triple energy agenda since 1990 provides not just inspiration, but know-how that can help us replicate their success elsewhere.
Author : Natacha C. Marzolf
Publisher : Inter-American Development Bank
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 73 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The Energy Access Dividend in Honduras and Haiti written by Natacha C. Marzolf and published by Inter-American Development Bank. This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global patterns in electricity access show uneven progress towards universal electrification (SDG 7). Nearly 90 percent of households lacking basic electricity access are rural. Although reaching rural households through grid connections continues to present challenges to expanding access, alternative electricity solutions including solar home systems and microgrids are allowing for more rapid expansion of access in rural and peri-urban areas. This report attempts to quantify and monetize benefits generated through accelerated electricity access and builds on an existing framework for measuring the dividends of electrification (the Energy Access Dividend) for Haiti and Honduras, two countries that represent different electricity access situations in Latin America.
Author : Siddharth Sareen
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889743527
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (897 download)
Download or read book Urban Energy Poverty and Positive Energy Districts written by Siddharth Sareen and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tewodaj Mogues
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book A Two-Dimensional Measure of Polarization written by Tewodaj Mogues and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United Nations Publications
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Asia-Pacific Progress in Sustainable Energy written by United Nations Publications and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report, developed by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in cooperation Asian Development Bank, offers an evidence-based look at progress at the regional and country level, providing an overview of long-term trends since 1990, and focuses on progress achieved in the most recent period, 2012-2014. Furthermore, it examines the key drivers behind progress, as well as identifies major challenges to achieving energy access, efficiency, and renewable energy objectives. Evidence is drawn from the Global Tracking Framework (GTF) data, as well as other international sources to provide a comprehensive view of progress in light of regional and national contexts. A strong focus is also placed on examining national policy frameworks and offering case studies to illustrate national approaches to common challenges faced by countries advancing the sustainable energy agenda.
