Most people in the world have either no access to electricity or a poor and unreliable supply, yet the importance of access to electricity cannot be overstated. This source book aims to provide practical help in gaining accessibility to electricity for those living in remote or rural communities as well as individual home owners and small businesses.
The book begins with a brief introduction to the national grid and then focuses on some of the possibilities for independent production of electricity in the quantities used by households, micro-enterprises and small...
Most people in the world have either no access to electricity or a poor and unreliable supply, yet the importance of access to electricity cannot...
Examines the consequences that large-scale production of transport fuel substitutes can have on rural areas, principally in developing countries but also in some poor rural areas of developed countries. This work looks at the production of biofuels from another perspective: the role of biofuels in reducing rural poverty.
Examines the consequences that large-scale production of transport fuel substitutes can have on rural areas, principally in developing countries but a...
