Renewable energy powered rural community development centres in the developing countries
People in the developing countries who lack basic services and economic opportunities are primarily concerned with improving their living conditions. At present, unemployment problem in the rural areas of the developing countries are diversifying the moral values and social responsibilities of...
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| Language: | English English |
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2006
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/56958/1/20-PWR2006-88085.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/56958/7/56958_Renewable%20energy%20powered%20rural%20community_SCOPUS.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/56958/ http://proceedings.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=1589226&resultClick=3 |
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| Summary: | People in the developing countries who lack basic services
and economic opportunities are primarily concerned with
improving their living conditions. At present, unemployment
problem in the rural areas of the developing countries are
diversifying the moral values and social responsibilities of
unemployed youth. To solve the problem, rural development
centres (involving vocational training, IT services and other
productive activities) can contribute significantly for the
upliftment of these rural youths and can transform them into
grass-root entrepreneurs. One critical factor hindering the
establishment of such rural development centers is access to
affordable and reliable energy services. Under this backdrop,
environmentally benign renewable energy systems can
contribute significantly in providing much needed energy in the
unserved or underserved rural development centers in the
developing countries to achieve both local and global
environmental benefits.
The paper demonstrates that energy deficient,
economically backward communities in the off-grid areas of
the developing countries, can be given an array of opportunities
for income generation and social progress through rural
development centers with the aid of renewable energy sources
(such as wind, solar photovoltaics, solar thermal, biomass and
micro-hydro), thereby improving their standard of living.
Poverty alleviation in rural areas can be accomplished and the
critical role of access to adequate level of energy services,
Information Technology (IT) and modern communication
facilities in it demonstrated. Furthermore, the production,implementation, operation and maintenance of renewable
energy applications being labor-intensive, will also result in job
growth in the village context, preventing migration of labor
force, especially of young men, from rural areas to
overcrowded industrial areas. An appropriately designed
renewable energy systems can also have a significant role in
reducing the impact of climate change through non production
of green house gases. |
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