RURAL
ENERGY
ENERGY
ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
RENEWABLE ENERGY
RENEWABLE ENERGY FLOWS
ALTERNATIVE AND CLEAN POWER
ENERGY LINKS
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SECTION 1
ENERGY
In physics, energy is a quantity that is
often understood as the ability to perform
work. This quantity can be assigned to any
particle, object, or system of objects as
a consequence of its physical state.
Any form of energy can be transformed into
another form. When energy is in a form other
than thermal energy, it may be transformed
with good or even perfect efficiency, to any
other type of energy. With thermal energy,
however, there are often limits to the
efficiency of the conversion to other forms
of energy, due to the second law of
thermodynamics.
ENERGY
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy
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SECTION 2
ENERGY
DEVELOPMENT
Energy development is the effort to provide
sufficient primary energy sources and
secondary energy forms for supply, cost,
impact on air pollution and water pollution,
mitigation of climate change with renewable
energy.
Technologically advanced societies have become
increasingly dependent on external energy
sources for transportation, the production of
many manufactured goods, and the delivery of
energy services. This energy allows people
who can afford the cost to live under
otherwise unfavorable climatic conditions
through the use of heating, ventilation,
and/or air conditioning.
Level of use of external energy sources differs
across societies, as do the climate, convenience,
levels of traffic congestion, pollution and
availability of domestic energy sources.
Energy development
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_development
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SECTION 3
RENEWABLE
ENERGY
Renewable energy is energy
which comes from natural
resources such as:
sunlight,
wind,
rain,
tides,
geothermal heat,
which are renewable
(naturally replenished).
In 2008, about 19% of global final energy
consumption came from renewables, with 13%
coming from traditional biomass, which is
mainly used for heating, and 3.2% from.
hydroelectricity
New renewables,
small hydro,
modern biomass,
wind,
solar,
geothermal,
biofuels
accounted for another
2.7% and are growing
very rapidly.
The share of renewables in electricity
generation is around 18%, with 15% of
global electricity coming from
hydroelectricity and 3% from new
renewables.
While many renewable energy projects are
large-scale, renewable technologies are
also suited to rural and remote areas,
where energy is often crucial in human
development.
Globally, an estimated 3 million households
get power from small solar PV systems.
Micro-hydro systems configured into village-
scale or county-scale mini-grids serve many
areas. More than 30 million rural households
get lighting and cooking from biogas made in
household-scale digesters. Biomass cookstoves
are used by 160 million households.
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SECTION 4
RENEWABLE
ENERGY
FLOWS
Renewable energy flows involve natural phenomena
such as sunlight, wind, tides and geothermal heat,
as the International Energy Agency explains:
Renewable energy is derived from natural processes
that are replenished constantly. In its various
forms, it derives directly from the sun, or from
heat generated deep within the earth. Included in
the definition is electricity and heat generated
from solar, wind, ocean, hydropower, biomass,
geothermal resources, and biofuels and hydrogen
derived from renewable resources.
Renewable energy replaces
conventional fuels in
four distinct areas:
power generation,
hot water/ space heating,
transport fuels,
rural (off-grid)
energy services:
Renewable_energy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy
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SECTION 5
ALTERNATIVE
AND
CLEAN
POWER
Principles:
Green syndicalism
Sustainability
Sustainable design
Sustainable engineering
Scientists continue to search for clean energy
alternatives to our current power production
methods. Some technologies such as anaerobic
digestion produce renewable energy from waste
materials.
The global reduction of greenhouse gases is
dependent on the adoption of energy conservation
technologies at industrial level as well as this
clean energy generation.
That includes using unleaded gasoline, solar
energy and alternative fuel vehicles, including
plug-in hybrid and hybrid electric vehicles.
Environmental technology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_technology
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SECTION 6
ENERGY
LINKS
Alt Energy Mag
http://www.altenergymag.com/emagazine.php
Alternative Energy eMagazine
http://www.altenergymag.com/emagazine.php?art_id=1575
Alternative Energy News
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/
Alternate Energy Sources Blog
http://www.alternate-energy-sources.com/alternate-energy-sources-blog.html
Blue Energy
http://www.blueenergygroup.org/
Energy
http://www.appropedia.org/Category:Energy
The Energy Cooperative
http://www.theenergycoop.com
Life Unplugged
http://www.lifeunplugged.net
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Many Tracks
http://www.manytracks.com/
National Rural Electric
http://www.nreca.coop/
National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC)
http://www.nrtc.coop
NuPlanet
http://www.nuplanet.nl
Renewables for Development
http://www.rford.org/
Renewable energy
http://www.appropedia.org/Category:Renewable_energy
Rural Electric Convenience
http://www.recc.coop
Rural Energy
http://www.ruralenergy.co.nz/
The Rural Independent
http://www.theruralindependent.com/
Rural Survival
http://www.ruralsurvival.com
Solar Electric Light Fund
http://www.self.org/index.asp
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