Clean energy for development and economic growth: Biomass and other renewable options to meet energy and development needs in poor nations

Art Lilley, Bikash Pandey, Elsen Karstad, Matthew Owen, Rob Bailis, Jesse Ribot, Omar Masera, Rodolpho Diaz, Abdelahanine Benallou, Abdelmourhit Lahbabi

OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) · 2012 · 29 citations · 5 references

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The document explores the linkages between renewable energy, poverty alleviation, sustainable development, and climate change in developing countries. In particular, the paper places emphasis on biomass-based energy systems. Biomass energy has a number of unique attributes that make it particularly suitable to climate change mitigation and community development applications.

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