Application of Sustainable Solar Energy Solutions for Rural Development—A Concept for Remote Villages of India

2017 ◽  
pp. 209-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shivakshi Jasrotia ◽  
Arun Kansal ◽  
Madhuben Sharma ◽  
Swati Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Rural Development

DIFFERENCES IN THE CONCENTRATION OF SOLAR ENERGY INVESTMENTS USING PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS AND SOLAR COLLECTORS IN LUBELSKIE AND MAZOWIECKIE VOIVODSHIPS’ MUNICIPALITIES

2018 ◽  
Vol XX (1) ◽  
pp. 73-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Maria Klepacka
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Solar Collector ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Solar Collectors ◽  
Photovoltaic Panel ◽  
Photovoltaic Panels ◽  
Percentage Share ◽  
Total Capacity

The paper emphasizes the differences in the concentration of investments with the use of photovoltaic panels and solar collectors in voivodships with significant potential for using solar energy. The subject of the paper addresses, among others, the significant changes in renewable energy sources (RES) and EU subsidies that affect the economics of solar micro-installations in Poland. The study applied data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, which included completed operations under the rural development program (RDP) for the period 2007-2013. The percentage share of the number of photovoltaic panel installations in Lubelskie and Mazowieckie Voivodships constituted 22% of that type of investments in the country (13% and 9% respectively, with a total capacity of 2,634 kW). However, in the case of the number of solar collector installations, the percentage share in Lubelskie and Mazowieckie Voivodships accounted for 44% of such installations in Poland (29% and 15%, respectively, with a total capacity of 4,239 kW). The results confirm the view that the location is an important determinant of photovoltaic panel and solar collector installations in Poland as shown in the examined voivodships characterized by the favorable solar radiation conditions.

scholarly journals SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, ENERGY-POVERTY NEXUS AND PUTTING THE LAST FIRST

2020 ◽  
pp. 47-54
Author(s):  
Dr. Boidurjo Mukhopadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Energy Poverty ◽  
Energy Applications ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Wide Range

This paper reviews how renewable energy applications in rural areas could reduce poverty, create income generating enterprises, and improve overall well-being of communities. In addition to highlighting a wide range of cases from developing countries, the research also points out to multifarious applications of solar energy technologies for rural development. The conventional myths that the poor cannot afford nor manage smart technologies are not true, as evidenced in the cases presented in this paper. Another objective of this paper is to highlight and emphasise the role of institutions, both formal and informal, with their nested partnerships in supporting, promoting and enhancing the use renewable energy technology-based solutions in rural communities of developing and emerging (BRICs) economies. KEY WORDS: solar energy, climate change, renewable energy, rural development, energy-poverty, sustainability, institutions, livelihoods, capacity building

Rendez vous with Saturn's rings

1984 ◽  
Vol 75 ◽  
pp. 743-759 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerry T. Nock
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Electric Propulsion ◽  
Power Source ◽  
Propulsion System ◽  
Low Thrust ◽  
Ring Plane ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Total Impulse ◽  
Saturn's Rings

ABSTRACTA mission to rendezvous with the rings of Saturn is studied with regard to science rationale and instrumentation and engineering feasibility and design. Future detailedin situexploration of the rings of Saturn will require spacecraft systems with enormous propulsive capability. NASA is currently studying the critical technologies for just such a system, called Nuclear Electric Propulsion (NEP). Electric propulsion is the only technology which can effectively provide the required total impulse for this demanding mission. Furthermore, the power source must be nuclear because the solar energy reaching Saturn is only 1% of that at the Earth. An important aspect of this mission is the ability of the low thrust propulsion system to continuously boost the spacecraft above the ring plane as it spirals in toward Saturn, thus enabling scientific measurements of ring particles from only a few kilometers.

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