Resource Library
Energy economics
Top importance
State
of
the Environment(HTML) This
site provides a summarization of environmental concerns in Vietnam
in 2001 by UNEP.
Best Practice(PDF) a
renewable
analysis in Vietnam
including biogas, biomass, solar water heater, dryer, air heating,
cooker,
wind, mini hydro, biogas fertilizer based on peat and biological waste.
CBA(PDF) The cost-benefit
analysis as
well as impact indicators developed by
intermediate technology consultants, UK. It analyses Small
Island UK in many perspectives
including economic-social- environmental- technology impact assessment.
Further perspectives
Can
renewable energy meet East Asia's energy demands?(PDF)
This
paper includes a number of graphs and statistical figures that help to
better understand the complexities of this question. It also includes
energy outlook and estimation that only four alternative power
sources--wind, solar thermal, solar PV and tide energy--will reduce
their capital cost substantially.
Hydroponics(HTML) examines
the hidden of
conventional energy resource,
which are not factored in economic formulation. The web concludes that
this
costs pass along to society at large, rather than to the direct
consumer of the
energy, thus making conventional energy sources appear more economical.
Development perspectives
Top importance
Energy for Sustainable Development:
A Presentation by Mohammed T. El-Ashry(PDF) Mohammed El-Ashry, CEO and
Chairman of the Global Environment Facility,
argues that the use of clean energy is key for achieving self reliance,
poverty and hunger alleviation, local economic development, good
education, gender equality, health, reduction in the death rate, and
sustainability in regards to global warming. El-Ashry discusses
the ways in which clean energy can in rural areas as well by raising
incomes and improving health and providing power for irrigation
pumping systems, drying crops, and lighting for schools, homes and
hospitals. The presentation ends with policy recommendations.
Demonstration
of Community-based Solar Energy for
Sustainable Development(PDF) This
paper examines some of the important issues regarding the applications
of solar
for the purpose in developing rural communities. The
paper discusses the range of applications
for solar energy including low-tech harvesting of solar heat energy as
well as
photovoltaic electrification opportunities.
The paper examines a rural electrification project in India
as a case study and discusses
the institutional structure employed to implement the project.
Further
perspectives
National
Sustainable Agriculture service information(HTML) ATTRA
is a sustainable agricultural-organic practice.
Hydro
electric power(HTML) This site gives a brief history of hydro
electric generation
and development.
International
river network(HTML) This is
good source on the issue of water conflict all over the world,
including
Southeast Asia and especially Son
La Dam in Vietnam.
Southeast
Asian River
Network(HTML) This is a resource for
understanding conflict over
irrigation dam construction and resource management in Southeast
Asian.regions.
Alternative energy technologies
Top importance
Geothermal
Site 1 and Geothermal
Site 2(HTML) These two sites
from the World Bank Group provide a very
accessible resource for exploring the range of applications of
geothermal
technologies on a variety of scales. The
‘Assessment’ page provides a comprehensive set of factors to consider
when
assessing the viability of a geothermal project including economics,
the
environment, politics, and social implication.
The ‘Applications’ site provides a set of a case studies,
including
several in Asia, that demonstrate the feasibility of different
geothermal
applications in a variety of settings.
Small
Hydroelectric Plants(PDF) This paper discusses small hydroelectric
plant assessment. The paper provides methods to calculate the energy
potential of the stream including variables such as the amount of water
flow, the height (head), and the efficiency of the turbine.
Alternative
Energy Vietnam:
Pico hydro(HTML) This
webblog elaborates the Vietnamese’s current renewable situation. It is
estimated that 120,000 Pico hydro are currently installed. The most
popular
model is 300 Watt, 1 meter height head, Chinese imported, costing about
$20.
Alternative
Energy Vietnam:
Wind (HTML) The webblog
stated that Vietnamese government has recently received funds of over
U.S. 51
million dollars for a 50.4 megawatt wind power plant in the central Vietnam province
of Binh Dinh. The
donor
is The Danish International Development Agency.
International
Small Hydro Atlas (HTML) This international database facilitates
the development of new small hydro projects of more than 50 kW and less
than 10MW installed capacity. It provides data for potential and
developed sites, GIS searching capabilities, country profiles,
international contacts for small hydro, and more.
Further perspectives
The
union of concerned scientists(HTML)
This website examines alternative
renewable energy sources.
The site includes renewable energy basics explaining how they work,
what they
cost, environmental and site issues, agriculture and energy issues, and
end with
what we can do.
ESI
(HTML)
This website told the situation
and a successful example of micro hydro electric generator in Africa. It restated that hydropower is a
very clean source of
energy. It does
not consume, but only uses, water, and after use the water is available
for
other purposes.
Renewable
energy(HTML)
This is a very
extensive website. It
includes lots of web links to biofuel, biomass, combined heat and
power,
fuel cell, geothermal, hydrogen energy, landfill gas, ocean thermal
energy
conversion, PV, small hydro, solar cooking, solar thermal, waste to
energy,
wave and tidal , and wind.
Alliant
Energy(HTML) This is a class room style site designed especially
for kids. Its emphasis is largely on the merits of
energy conservation.
Our
planet(HTML) This provides a report in renewable energy. Very thorough
and
highly recommended.
Canadian
renewable(HTML) is
restricted only for renewable energy in Canada.
Pacific
hydro limited(HTML) provides a basic knowledge and a classroom style for
water power and wind
energy.
Regulatory and policy resources
Top
Importance
Integrated
Resource
Planning in the Context of China’s Electricity Generation(PDF) Without
government intervention, the resource choices made
by vertically integrated utilities and by unconstrained markets have
generally
not protected the environmental and societal values affected by the
electric
sector or by the broader energy sector. Decisions to build and to buy
have
emphasized the lowest price. Such decisions have rarely been made in a
context
that compared the real costs of all technically feasible alternatives
on a
basis that included environmental impacts and the value of other
societal
goals. As the importance of wise electricity policy to the wellbeing of
nations
becomes increasingly clear, the principles of integrated resources
planning
(IRP) become uniquely important.
Clean
Energy Blueprint(HTML) This
site questions the current American energy
policy and concludes that increasing renewable energy sources to 20
percent is possible by 2020. However various measures such as tax
credits, tax incentives, net metering, combined heat and power regimes,
R&D, improved efficiency standards, enhanced building codes, and
greater industrial energy efficiency measures must be put in place.
Practical
Action(HTML) Practical
Action is an organization that aims to demonstrate and advocate the
sustainable use of technology to
reduce poverty in developing countries.
Further perspectives
The
Colorado
governor’s office
of energy management & conservation(HTML) is an example of
state
advocacy in
renewable energy. What is interesting is that it includes hog waste to
energy,
and potential energy source for other places too.
Government
of South Australia
, Department of Transport, Energy, and Infrastructure(HTML) Good
source
for
sustainable practice.
Additional
Perspectives
facts-about-solar-energy.com
(HTML) Research about
advantages and disadvantages of solar power.
Wikipedia(HTML) From
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Beyond the biological needs of
humanity, energy is an essential
component of the goods and services of technologically advanced
societies. This energy allows us, in general, to live under diverse
climatic conditions, in great numbers and often in comfort. Level of
dependence of human societies on external energy sources differs, as
does the climate,
comfort and output of each society.
Sustainable
Energy Ireland(HTML)
During the 1960's and 1970's people began to fear that the main source
of energy, the fossil fuels, would run out. Fossil fuels are finite or
non-renewable and once they are used they cannot be replaced. In recent
years, people realised that there was enough fossil fuels to last for
several hundred years. A greater problem was the damage that was being
done to our atmosphere. This has led to interest in renewable energy
sources that do very little damage to the environment.
Miscellaneous(HTML)
Resource on renewable
energy . Lots of links
Several WWF projects in the Study Area:
Other Projects, Reports and Data
- Brief Description of the A Vuong Watershed Project, Quang Nam - The project is a winner of the International ReSource Award for Sustainable Watershed Management 2003. Its main aim is to ensure the sustainable management of the region's forest and rivers by the indigenous population. In doing so, equal consideration will be given to economic, social and ecological factors.
- ADB has conducted a study for the proposed dam construction
- UN report: Infrastructure Development Threatens Water Supplies To Billions In Asia
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