Energy access, poverty, and development : the governance of small-scale renewable energy in developing Asia / by Benjamin Sovacool and Ira Martina Drupady
Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; List of Figures; List of Tables; Note on Authors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 The Benefits of Renewable Energy Access; 3 Grameen Shakti in Bangladesh; 4 The Renewable Energy Development Project in China; 5 The Rural Electrification Project in Laos; 6 The Rural Electricity Access Project in Mongolia; 7 The Rural Energy Development Project in Nepal; 8 The Energy Services Delivery Project in Sri Lanka; 9 The Village Energy Security Programme in India; 10 The Solar Home Systems Project in Indonesia
11 The Small Renewable Energy Power Program in Malaysia12 The Teachers Solar Lighting Project in Papua New Guinea; 13 Lessons Learned; 14 Conclusion; Appendix: List of Institutions Interviewed/Visited; Index
Summary
This book showcases how small-scale renewable energy technologies such as solar panels, cookstoves, biogas digesters, microhydro units, and wind turbines are helping Asia respond to a daunting set of energy governance challenges. Using extensive original research this book offers a compendium of the most interesting renewable energy case studies over the last ten years from one of the most diverse regions in the world
