ESCWA Publication: E/ESCWA/SDPD/2016/GUIDE (PART II)
Country: Arab region
Publication Type: Information material
Cluster: 2030 Agenda and SDG Coordination
Focus Area: 2030 Agenda, Natural resource sustainability
Initiatives: Promoting renewable energy investments
SDGs: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
Keywords: Capacity building, Energy policy, Biogas, Biomass energy, Energy services, Entrepreneurship, Rural areas
Biomass energy service-based rural energy entrepreneurship
January 2016
The present guide addresses the challenges of rural energy enterprises in developing countries, and sets out solutions such as cooking energy service parameters. It explains the AIREC cooking energy service decision support tool and the performance assessments of various cooking energy technologies.
It also identifies the importance of biomass as a potential alternative to fossil fuels, and of many other petrochemicals depending on local resources and community needs.
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The present guide addresses the challenges of rural energy enterprises in developing countries, and sets out solutions such as cooking energy service parameters. It explains the AIREC cooking energy service decision support tool and the performance assessments of various cooking energy technologies.
It also identifies the importance of biomass as a potential alternative to fossil fuels, and of many other petrochemicals depending on local resources and community needs.
