Modeling technology deployment costs on the basis of learning rates is not easy – if a low pessimistic learning rate is assumed for a technology, it may be squeezed out by technologies with higher learning rate; if a highly optimistic learning rate is assumed, it may lead to unrealistically high estimates of potential cost reductions. […]

From the perspective of bio fuel production algae they have enormous advantages over plants which can be summarized as (Exxon Mobil, 2010): [16] The use of otherwise unsuitable land: Algae can be grown using land and water unsuitable for plant or food production, unlike some other first – and second- generation biofuel feedstocks. [17] Direct […]

Wave power can be used for electricity generation, as well as water for desalination and pumping of water into reservoirs. Wave power is distinct from the diurnal flux of tidal power and the steady flow of ocean currents. Waves are generated by wind passing over the surface of the sea. As long as the waves […]

U. Aswathanarayana (India) The book deals with five themes. Theme 1: Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs) There is little doubt that the Renewables are the energy resources of the future, for the simple reason that they are not only “green’’ but most of them do not get depleted when used. The BLUE Map scenario envisages a […]

Since so many organizations, governments and committed people work for the eradi­cation of poverty, energy planners, technologists and policy makers need not to change their focus. At the same time, this is a perfect opportunity, timing, a critical juncture, which could be used to achieve multiple goals of greening the energy sources and increasing the […]

MDGs are showing its positive impact on those societies, though extreme poverty and related under development didn’t disappear yet. A climate change induced drought, flood, and spread of epidemics combined with food shortage can create havoc. In order to have continuity in the achieved standards and for a further development, the process of economic development […]

Poverty can be eradicated through short-term measures such as economic aid. But in a long term perspective it is only through economic development that poverty can be eradicated. Investments in green energy technologies and projects, and availability of energy itself for those vulnerable sections of society is a long-term measure, which contributes to economic development. […]

There is already a persisting predicament of poverty in many developing countries. Resolving such a development issue itself is challenge for the national governments and the other involved organizations. A natural calamity such as a flood or drought exacerbates poverty and underdevelopment. The prolonged drought in 2005 left many African states is distress and caused […]