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Energy access, poverty, and development : the governance of small-scale renewable energy in developing Asia / by Benjamin Sovacool and Ira Martina Drupady.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Sovacool, Benjamin K.
Contributor:
Drupady, Ira Martina.
Series:
Ashgate Studies in Environmental Policy and Practice
Ashgate studies in environmental policy and practice
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Renewable energy sources--Asia.
Renewable energy sources.
Small power production facilities--Government policy--Asia.
Small power production facilities.
Energy policy--Asia.
Energy policy.
Rural development--Asia.
Rural development.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (329 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Surrey, England : Ashgate, 2012.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
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.
Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; List of Figures; List of Tables; Note on Authors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 The Benefits of Renewable Energy Access; 3 Grameen Shakti in Bangladesh; 4 The Renewable Energy Development Project in China; 5 The Rural Electrification Project in Laos; 6 The Rural Electricity Access Project in Mongolia; 7 The Rural Energy Development Project in Nepal; 8 The Energy Services Delivery Project in Sri Lanka; 9 The Village Energy Security Programme in India; 10 The Solar Home Systems Project in Indonesia
11 The Small Renewable Energy Power Program in Malaysia12 The Teachers Solar Lighting Project in Papua New Guinea; 13 Lessons Learned; 14 Conclusion; Appendix: List of Institutions Interviewed/Visited; Index
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
1-315-57953-7
1-317-14374-4
1-317-14373-6
1-283-73886-4
1-4094-4114-8
9781315579535
OCLC:
818846505

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