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Rural Energy Services: A Handbook for Sustainable Energy Development
Rural Energy Services A Handbook for Sustainable Energy Development Author:Teresa Anderson, Alison Doig, Dai Rees, Smail Khennas "Rural Energy Services" was written as a resource for a series of workshops commissioned by the British Council and the UK Department for — International Development, and provided the basis for workshops in countries such as Uganda, Brazil and India. — It offers a participatory approach to the supply of energy services with a clear emphasis on the... more » need for energy services, putting needs rather than technology first, and advocating that rural people, above all, know what they need and what will work for them.
The handbook contains a full survey of energy resources and technologies and covers, in detail, the issues surrounding the decision-making processes involved, the implementation of energy schemes and an exploration of the policy, market and sustainability issues which are vital to the success of a scheme. The last section contains real case studies, covering projects that meet the energy service needs of rural people across the world today.
Readership: Governmental and non-governmental energy strategists, donors, international and national development agencies, academics and financial institutions for investment policy will find this practical manual highly valuable.« less