Title :
Reliable energy for developing countries
Author_Institution :
IEEE Humanitarian Technology Challenge, USA
Abstract :
Availability of reliable energy is an essential component to the development of the world´s humanity. Shortages and unreliable electricity supplies will have adverse effects on availability of food, clean potable water, health care and many other factors that will limit quality of life for people, and affect their economic productivity.
Keywords :
renewable energy sources; socio-economic effects; clean potable water; economic productivity; health care; reliable energy; renewable energy; world humanity; Electricity; Generators; Lighting; Power systems; Renewable energy resources; Water resources; Wind energy;
Conference_Titel :
Innovative Technologies for an Efficient and Reliable Electricity Supply (CITRES), 2010 IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Waltham, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6076-2
DOI :
10.1109/CITRES.2010.5619784