This Note provides an overview of the issues related to the development, and utilization of gas-turbines (GT), when used either in open-cycle, or combined-cycle (CC), and is divided into three major parts:...
This paper reviews the major technical and performance aspects of a coal fired plan using the supercritical technology. These include the turbine-generator set, the once-through boiler, and operational...
Over the last ten years, the average cost and construction time of greenfield fossil fuel-fired power plants has been reduced by approximately 50, even as their performance has improved. This is the result...
This note discusses the issues faced in introducing new gas fired power generation plants into Brazil's hydropower dominated system. Ordinarily, power project developers seek to operate their plants at...
Renewable energy is a feasible technological option in sustainable energy. Rusting monuments to past failures attest that his "autonomous" technology must operate within a frame of sustainable energy development...
Emissions from fossil fuel combustion, especially coal combustion, are major contributors to air pollution. Concentrations of suspended particles and sulfur dioxide (SO2) in the air of many cities in developing...
Deteriorating urban air quality causes significant economic losses in many developing countries. In some of the more industrialized developing countries, whose cities are now cloaked in smog, the cost...
The results of technical tests on a range of lamps provide a guide to an optimal choice of lamps for improved lighting, mainly in rural areas in distributed applications i.e. in standalone (DC - Direct...
Developing countries have become increasingly interested in attracting private entities to bid on construction and operation of hydro-based independent power projects (IPPs). The output from such power...
Poor urban households in developing countries spend a significant proportion of their limited cash incomes, often as much as 15 to 22 percent, on energy, and much of their remaining income is spent on...
International oil markets have evolved significantly, and a competitive market has emerged that is setting internationally accepted prices for crude and refined products. In many developing countries...
Barge-mounted diesel generators (BMDs) can represent a useful addition to the array of power generation technologies suitable for developing countries. Where they have been adopted, BMDs have proved highly...
Hydroelectricity will continue to be important for meeting power requirements in developing countries. Much of the funding required for hydroelectric projects must come from non-government sources; hydroelectric...
Charcoal plays an important role in both the energy sectors and the economies of most African countries. However, the inefficiencies inherent to the production and use of charcoal, rapid urbanization...