Renewable energy in developing countries

More than one billion population of developing countries (DCs) have no source of energy available to them other than the traditional sources of solar energy (fuelwood and other forms of biomass). The author describes how the inaccessibility of adequate energy sources is a major challenge to the developing process in many developing countries. The limited availability of commercial forms of energy reserves in DCs, makes renewable solar energy in all its forms (biomass, hydropower, thermal solar, PV and wind energy systems), very attractive and an important indigenous and renewable energy resources to these countries, particularly in the future