Rural and Renewable Energy: Perspectives from Developing Countries

Contents: Preface. I. Rural and Renewable Energy Policies: 1. Rural and renewable energy: a developing country perspective/Jose Goldemberg. 2. Rural energy planning in India: designing effective intervention strategies/Chandra Shekhar Sinha, P. Venkata Ramana & Veena Joshi. 3. Environmental consequences of renewable energy development in rural India/Silvio J. Flaim & J.R.A. Ellis. 4. Rural renewable energy use for urban sustainability/N.D. Mortimer, J.E. Kellett, J.F. Grant. 5. Renewable energy and environmental policy/Bent Sorensen. 6. Renewable energy technologies for India: imports vs indigenous development/V.V.N. Kishore. 7. Penetration of renewable energy technologies in India: an assessment of future trajectories and macro policies/P.R. Shukla. 8. Policies for cogeneration development in India/Pradeep Dadhich. II. Rural Energy Supply and Demand: 9. Rural woodfuel production for urban markets: problems and opportunities in the Cebu province, Philippines/Terrence G. Bensel. 10. Biofuel demand estimation in the rural domestic energy sector of India/Chandra Shekhar Sinha & Veena Joshi. 11. Application of the geographic information system and remote sensing for national biomass energy supply studies/G.R. Archer. 12. Use of biomass fuels in India--trends and issues/P. Venkata Ramana & Veena Joshi. 13. Renewable energy for sustainable development: Indian scenario/B.S.K. Naidu. III. Rural and Renewable Energy Programmes: 14. Renewable energy in India: progress, policy, and prospects/Ajit K. Gupta. 15. Evaluation of the biogas and improved cookstove programme in China/Gu Shuhua, Qui Daxiong & Zhang Xiliang. 16. Biogas programme in India: a status report/P. Venkata Ramana. 17. Renewable energy programmes in north-east India/Dilip Singh & P. Venkata Ramana. 18. The potential of solar power for rural development in the Sahel/Youba Sokona. 19. Small hydro development in India--some issues to ponder/Arun Kumar. 20. Wind power development in India/B.S.K. Naidu. IV. Institutional Issues in Rural and Renewable Energy: 21. Development and deployment of renewable energy technologies in India: a technology policy perspective/Ajay Mathur. 22. Renewable energy: commercial and financial issues/Sanjeev S. Ahluwalia. 23. Role of women in rural energy programmes: issues, problems and opportunities/Soma Dutta. 24. Institutional barriers to renewable energy development in India/Pradeep Monga. "Majority of the population in the developing countries live in rural areas heavily dependent on biomass for meeting their energy needs. However, severe pressure on the natural resources is rendering the rural energy systems economically and environmentally unsustainable in many regions of the world. In order to deal with this other energy crisis. Several countries--India and China being notable examples have been promoting renewable energy technologies based on solar, wind, water, and biomass resources in a big way. In the last two decades, several successes, as well as failures, have been experienced which could provide valuable feedback to formulate policies for better implementation of the programmes in the future. An attempt has been made to synthesize these experiences in this publication.". …