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Abstract
Renewable energy can present a baffling array of options to aid agency managers, government officials, and advisers. This publication contrasts the relative merits of biomass, solar, hydro, and wind power, as well as detailing some direct applications.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contents | 5 | ||
| Preface | 7 | ||
| 1 INTRODUCTION | 9 | ||
| The increasing demand for energy | 9 | ||
| The role of renewables | 11 | ||
| Renewable versus non-renewable - some issues | 16 | ||
| 2 POWER FROM SOLAR ENERGY | 19 | ||
| Photovoltaics | 19 | ||
| Water pumping | 27 | ||
| Refrigeration of vaccines | 34 | ||
| Lighting | 37 | ||
| 3 HEAT FROM SOLAR ENERGY | 41 | ||
| Distillation | 41 | ||
| Water heating | 45 | ||
| Drying | 51 | ||
| 4 POWER FROM THE WIND | 56 | ||
| Wind energy conversion | 56 | ||
| Water pumping | 60 | ||
| Wind generators | 63 | ||
| 5 WATER POWER | 66 | ||
| Micro-hydro | 66 | ||
| Hydraulic ram pumps | 76 | ||
| The water current turbine | 82 | ||
| 6 BIOMASS | 85 | ||
| End uses of biomass | 85 | ||
| Processing technologies | 87 | ||
| Charcoal | 87 | ||
| Briquetting | 90 | ||
| Producer gas | 92 | ||
| Biogas as a fuel | 92 | ||
| Heat conversion | 97 | ||
| Stoves | 97 | ||
| Industrial combustion | 100 | ||
| Power for conversion | 102 | ||
| Producer gas for power | 102 | ||
| Steam engines | 104 | ||
| Stirling engines | 105 | ||
| ANNEXE I FURTHER INFORMATION | 106 | ||
| ANNEXE II EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS AND MANUFACTURERS | 110 | ||
| ANNEXE III GLOSSARY | 116 |