Sustainable Access to Energy in the Global South Essential Technologies and Implementation Approaches /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hostettler, Silvia (Editor), Gadgil, Ashok (Editor), Hazboun, Eileen (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Energy.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Electric power production.; Sustainable development.; Development economics.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Energy Technology.; Development Economics.; Sustainable Development.

Presenting the best papers of the 3rd EPFL-UNESCO Chair Conference on Technologies for Development, this publication offers a valuable collection of innovative case studies exploring access to energy and renewable energy technologies in the Global South. It investigates the key determinants for succ...

Table of Contents:

• Energy Challenges in the Global South
• Towards Universal Energy Access: The Energy Market System Framework
• An Integrated Monitoring and Evaluation Approach for the Assessment of Energy Development Projects
• Scaling-Up Sustainable Pro-Poor Energy Solutions: Addressing Stumbling Blocks
• Techno-Economic Feasibility of Green Charcoal Production in Kenya
• Energy Poverty and the Perception of and Satisfaction with, Renewable Energy Technologies: The Case of Solar Villages in Pakistan
• Local Government Resists the Implementation of Renewable Technologies
• Green Mini-Grids: Evidence from India’s Experience Provides Lessons for Scale-Up in Low-Income Countries
• Engaging with Gender and Other Social Inequalities in Renewable Energy Projects
• The Cook stove-Rape Prevention Myth and the Limits of Techno-Saviorism
• Building Local Capacities to Monitor Methane Extraction in Lake Kivu.