Distributed renewable energies for off-grid communities : strategies and technologies toward achieving sustainability in energy generation and supply /

Energy is directly related to the most critical economic and social issues which affect sustainable development such as mobility, food production, environmental quality, regional and global security issues. Two-thirds of the new demand will come from developing nations, with China accounting for 30%...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
El Bassam, Nasir
Weitere Verfasser:
Maegaard, Preben, Schlichting, Marcia Lawton
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2013.
Ausgabe:
1st edition
Zusammenfassung:
Energy is directly related to the most critical economic and social issues which affect sustainable development such as mobility, food production, environmental quality, regional and global security issues. Two-thirds of the new demand will come from developing nations, with China accounting for 30%. Without adequate attention to the critical importance of energy to all these aspects, the global, social, economic and environmental goals of sustainability cannot be achieved. Indeed the magnitude of change needed is immense, fundamental and directly related to the energy produced and consumed na
Umfang:
1 online resource (417 p.)
text file
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781283706513
1283706512
9780123977731
0123977738
Schlagworte:
Small power production facilities.
Distributed generation of electric power.
Renewable energy sources.
Electric power distribution.
Energy development.
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