Renewable Energy Resources and Rural Applications in the Developing World

by Norman L Brown

The energy situation in developing countries is desperate.Because these countries are primarily dependent on fossil fuels--chiefly oil--for industrial growth, they have been hard hit by oil price increases. Further, in the rural areas, where most of the population lives, there are limited supplies of increasingly expensive diesel fuel or kerosene. Noncormzercial energy sources such as firewood, dung, and agriouZtural residues are generally used in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367285622
• ISBN13: 9780367285623
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.