RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
In developing countries industry accounts for more than a third of total final energy consumption, and seventy to eighty percent of this sectors energy demand is for heat production (process heat for low or high temperature applications). Given the topical concerns of global warming, environmental pollution, energy security and international industrial competitiveness, there is an increasing need for industry to make use of modern (i.e. clean and efficient) sources of energy. Solar and biomass-based technologies have very considerable technical potential to meet in a sustainable way the growing energy needs of many industrial enterprises, especially for small and medium scale enterprises in developing countries. Renewable energy technologies have recently also proved economically competitive for meeting growing energy needs of SMEs. This is, for example, highlighted by enhanced use of solar (thermal) technologies for low heat/drying applications. However, currently only a tiny fraction of solar energy is being used for industrial processes. Biomass-based fuels (“biofuels) have recently attracted a lot of attention for their potential to displace conventional transport fuels. However, also in the industrial sector, modern biomass technologies such as biomass gasification can contribute to achieving of the above-mentioned concerns. This paper presents an overview of the potential of renewable energy in industrial applications, especially for SMEs in developing countries, and the key role solar and modern biomass technologies can play in this context.
Norbert Wohlgemuth Pradeep Monga
Associate Professor Department of Economics, Klagenfurt University 9020 Klagenfurt, Austria Chief, Renewable and Rural Energy Unit Energy and Cleaner Production Branch, United Nations Industri
国际会议
2007世界太阳能大会(Proceedings of ISES Solar World Congress 2007)
北京
英文
2007-09-18（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）