Rice husk (RH), an agricultural waste, is abundantly available in rice producing countries
like China, India, Bangladesh, Brazil, US, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, and South East …

Renewable energy sources like solar energy have an important role to play towards the
implementation of the 2030 agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa …

This chapter takes sustainable development as the starting point and focus for analysis. It
considers the broad and multifaceted bi-directional interplay between sustainable …

Given the challenge of offering a development perspective to a rapidly growing population, it
might be tempting for Africa to pursue a strategy of fueling growth with the cheapest source …

Although photovoltaic (PV) systems have become much more competitive, the diffusion of
PV systems still remains low in comparison to conventional energy sources. What are the …

Rice husk ash, an industrial by-product from boilers for energy generation and furnace for
parboiling rice, has been explored as admixture to replace part of cement in structural …

Access to sustainable and affordable energy services is a crucial factor in reducing poverty
in developing countries. In particular, small-scale and community-based renewable energy …

There is a paucity of data on energy access in refugee camps and limited analysis regarding
the viability of modern energy technologies such as solar home systems in these contexts …

Due to the rapidly decreasing costs of small renewable electricity generation systems,
centralized power systems are no longer a necessary condition of universal access to …

A large and growing body of literature has investigated diverse impacts of solar power
technologies, in particular, solar home systems (SHS) in the developing economies. These …