Renewable Power in Developing Countries

Description

Global warming due to fossil fuel consumption is recognized as the major environmental challenge of the 21st Century. Successfully reversing this global crisis requires that the fastest growing economies of the world – primarily in Asia – significantly and successfully deploy renewable energy sources.

Global warming due to fossil fuel consumption is recognized as the major environmental challenge of the 21st Century. Successfully reversing this global crisis requires that the fastest growing economies of the world – primarily in Asia – significantly and successfully deploy renewable energy sources. This book documents how six developing Asian countries are taking head on electric power development and global warming issues with successful alternative energy programs.
As the world looks to transition into new sources of fuel, this book should be a top-read for utility managers, energy professionals, independent power developers and university professors.
Features & benefits:
Provides a template for nations, policymakers, international investors, and developers to consult to to implement renewable
energy in the economies where it is most essential.
• Covers hot-button issues of global warming, renewable energy, and international development in an easy-to-read format.
• Includes more than 20 comparative tables and a conclusion of the best practices for renewable energy programs.
• List of acronyms, abbreviations, and definitions used in the text

Ch. 1 – What Matters?

Population
Development
Developing Nations
Solutions
What Follows
Thailand (Ch. 5)
India (Ch. 6)
Indonesia (Ch. 7)
Sri Lanka (Ch. 8)
Viet Nam (Ch. 9)
Ch. 2 – The Challenge of Global Warming: Why Electricity Matters – Why Developing Nations Matter – Why Asia Matters Most of All
The Best of Time; The Worst of Times
The Equation of Global Warming
Population
Development/Electrification
Technology
The Science of Global Warming
The Greenhouse Gases in our Atmosphere
The Case of Supporting Long-Term Global Climate Change
The Dissenting Case Contradicting Long-Term Global Climate Change
Institutional Responses to Scientific Uncertainty
Kyoto
Common But Differentiated Responsibility
Two Scientific Predictions, One Path
The Precautionary Principle and Scientific Uncertainty
The Total Cost of Fossil Fuel Dependence
The Asia Dimension
Infrastructure Lifetimes and “Hard” Choices
Ch. 3 – Renewable Energy as the Global Warming Solution
Renewable Energy Options and Alternatives
The Renewable Source
Renewable Technologies for Developing Nations
Hydroelectric Power
Solar Photovoltaic Energy
Wind Power
Biomass Energy
Landfill Gas
Geothermal
Ocean Energy
Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Comparative Environmental Emissions
Renewable Energy Alternatives
Conventional Power Technologies
NOx
SO2
VOCs
CO
Acidification
Fuel Accidents
Decentralization of Electric Generation
Distributed Generation Reliability
Ch. 4 – Overview: What Works for Renewable Power Implementation in Developing Nations
Thailand Program Summary
Indonesia Program Summary
India Program Summary
Andhra Pradesh Program Summary
Tamil Nadu Program Summary
Sri Lanka Program Summary
Vietnam Program Summary
Ch. 5 – Thailand: Creative Competitive Markets in the Heart of the Tiger
Program Overview
Program Design and Implementation
Solicitation of SPP Participation and Program Mechanism
Size and Resource Limitations
Power Authority Role
Number and Capacity of SPP Interest and Applications
Criteria for Award
Award Data
Size and Type of Technologies
Completion Ratio and Reasons for Failure
Process Transparency
Stakeholder Concerns
Treatment of Applicants
Suitability and Financeability of SPP Contract after Unauthorized
Revisions
Suitability of the Tariff after Unauthorized Changes
Fairness to Applicants
Lessons
Power Purchase Agreements
The PPA as Originally Agreed among Stakeholders
The Subsequent Unilateral Modification of the PPA
Ch. 7 – India: State Power in a Federalist System
Program Overview
Subsidies
Financing
Andhra Pradesh
Program Design and Implementation
Solicitation of SPP Participation Mechanism
Size and Resource Limitations
Power Authority Role
Number and Capacity of SPP Interest and Applications
Criteria for Award
Award Data
Size and Type of Technologies
Completion Ration and Reasons for Failure
Process Transparency
Stakeholder Concerns
Lessons
Power Purchase Agreements
Tamil Nadu
Program Design Implementation
Solicitation of SPP Participation Mechanism
Size and Resource Limitations
Power Authority Role
Number and Capacity of SPP Interest and Applications
Criteria for Award
Award Data
Size and Type of Technologies
Completion Ration and Reasons for Failure
Process Transparency
Stakeholder Concerns
Lessons
Power Purchase Agreements
Ch. 8 – Sri Lanka: 21st Century Conversion of Ancient Renewable Technologies
Program

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