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Renewable energy technologies and poverty alleviation: overcoming barriers & unlocking potentials (pdf 1mb)
This document investigates renewable energy technologies (RET's) focusing on identifying the benefits that selected RETs could bring and the main barriers to their widespread dissemination. It also looks at the formulation of policy outlines and instruments to overcome the barriers.It makes an assessment of selected niches which include treadle and wind pumps, solar pumps and improved stoves, biodiesel, vegetable oil as a fuel, solar water heaters, wind turbines, biomass gasification and PV systems.
- Resource link:
http://www.gnesd.org/ Downloadables/RETs_II/RETs_II_spm.pdf - Published: 2007
- Source: Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development (http://www.gnesd.org/)
- Added to ADG on: 18 September 2008 , contributed by: ADG team
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