Proceedings of the 1986 International Congress on Renewable Energy Sources. Biogas production and utilization in India and China : a comparative study. International Congress on Renewable Energy Sources [18-23 Mayo 1986, Madrid].

Terol, S., ed. Kharbanda, V.P. Qureshi, M.A.
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

1987

V.1
CIENA
1113

84-00-6673-1

The decade since the spurt in oil prices in 1973 has witnessed the much needed concern for the development of renewable sources of energy. During the period growing attention has been paid to the development of technologies using new and renewable sources of energy, such as solar energy, wind energy, tidal energy, biomass and hydropower. These technologies are becoming all the more important in developing countries with scarce conventional sources of energy like coal and oil. The new and renewable energy sources offer better prospects as these are pollution free, unlimited and cheap. These also help in preservation of ecosystem and retard degradation of environment. Moreover, renewable energy sources can be developed extra ordinarily rapidly as shown by the experience with wood fuel in United States, small hydropower and biogas in China and energy crops in Brazil. Technical advances have brought wind machines, solar cells and biogas to the edge of commercial market for heating and electricity generation in some countries. Till today over 3 million solar water heaters have been sold in Japan and over 5 million wood stoves in the United States. Government commitments for the development and promotion of renewable energy sources have been demonstrated by an ambitious alcohol fuel program in Brazil, geothermal and wood energy programs in Philippines and biogas programs in China and India. At present, there are about 3.76 million biogas plants in China whereas in India there are about 0.34 million plants. The percentages of the population... (ver documento). PRESENT STATUS. UTILIZATION. COMMUNITY BIOGAS PLANTS. CONSTRAINTS ON IMPLEMENTATION. SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONSTRAINTS. CONCLUSION. REFERENCES.

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CHINA; BIOGAS; INDIA; PRODUCCION DE BIOGAS; PLANTAS; UTILIZACION; ANALISIS COMPARATIVO;