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Energy Resources in East Africa Opportunities and Challenges [Hardcover]

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  • Category: Books (Technology & Engineering)
  • Author:  Otieno, Herick O., Awange, Joseph L.
  • Author:  Otieno, Herick O., Awange, Joseph L.
  • ISBN-10:  3540356665
  • ISBN-10:  3540356665
  • ISBN-13:  9783540356660
  • ISBN-13:  9783540356660
  • Publisher:  Springer
  • Publisher:  Springer
  • Binding:  Hardcover
  • Binding:  Hardcover
  • Pub Date:  01-Mar-2006
  • Pub Date:  01-Mar-2006
  • SKU:  3540356665-11-SPRI
  • SKU:  3540356665-11-SPRI
  • Item ID: 100769655
  • List Price: $169.99
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This book provides information on available sources of energy in East Africa and how energy suppliers can exploit them in an integrated form to produce the right blend of energy for various applications: industrial, domestic and recreational uses. The authors provide in-depth analysis of the impacts, advantages and disadvantages, environmental, industrialization and distribution costs of different energy sources. The book aims to contribute to a sustainable exploitation of energy resources.

East African states have historically shared several resources including energy and common heritage of its people. This book provides information on available sources of energy in the region and how the energy suppliers can exploit them in an integrated form to produce the right blend of energy for various applications e.g., industrial, domestic and recreational uses. We provide an in-depth analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of different energy sources in-terms of environmental, industrialization, distribution costs and impacts. We hope that the book will contribute towards a sustainable exploitation of energy resources for the improvement of the peoples quality of life.

East Africa.- East African Energy Resources.- Energy Potentials.- Energy Planning and Provision Challenges.- Alternative Energy Technology for East Africa.- The Status of Renewable Energy in East Africa.- Options and Challenges.- The Way Forward.

Exposes available energy resources, energy conversion technologies and the best options for the three states of East Africa (Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania) which are moving back to joint ownership of key development facilities such as energy

Looks at the availability of various froms of energy resources that are exploited in the region and focuses on the problems of energy supply and distribution

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