What will be covered?
- Outline and brief description, including fundamentals, of the different renewable energy technologies, wind, solar, bioenergy, hydro, and geothermal energy;
- General overview of renewable energy technologies and applications;
- Information on the costs of different renewable energy technologies;
- Discussion regarding common technical and non-technical barriers and issues limiting wide spread use/dissemination of renewable energy.
This module provides an outline and brief description, including fundamentals, of the different renewable energy technologies, wind, solar, bioenergy, hydro and geothermal energy. It provides a general overview of the technologies and their applications. Electricity generation from wave and tidal energy is not discussed. The use of this technology is less relevant for developing countries as mostly these technologies are still at the prototype stage. While these technologies are not fully proven yet, promising research and development is being conducted. The module also reviews the costs of the different technologies and discusses common technical and non-technical barriers and issues limiting the wide spread use/dissemination of renewable energy in developing countries. The information in this module is of general interest to explain the basics of renewable energy technologies, to understand their strengths and weaknesses and hence to have a better grasp of the benefits available from, and the barriers faced by, these technologies.