Renewable energy: Environment and development

Book · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:7245241

Dayal, M

This hardcover is authored by India's secretary in the Ministry of Energy's Department of Non-Conventional Energy Sources. Part 1 deals with bio-energy, starting with a general presentation of energy from biomass and subsequently focusing on India's biogas technology program. Part 2 contains an exposition of direct uses of solar power and the related program in India. Finally, Part 3 elaborates on other forms of renewable energy technologies, such as wind, ocean, and geothermal energy. Generally, the presentation of each technology follows a more or less standard mode, containing a technical section, some form of financial analysis, and R D efforts in India. The material in this publication updates the already rich Indian literature and nicely complements a recent report released by the International Energy Agency covering the topic of renewable energy technologies. Given its content alone, however, the book would have been better represented by a slightly different title such as Renewable Energy Technologies and Programs in India. The author provides no explicit linkage to the literature on the modern topic of [open quotes]environment and development[close quotes] to warrant its inclusion in the title. That topic has recently captured the attention of both researchers and policy makers into identifying, unfolding, and adopting the idea of sustainable development.

• OSTI ID: 7245241
• Resource Relation: Other Information: From review by Joseph N. Lekakis, University of Crete, in The Journal of Energy and Development, Vol. 27, No. 2 (Spr 1992)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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