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Reducing carbon emissions in a third level educational institution in Sub-Sahara Africa
The effort to reduce carbon emissions as the arguably most prevalent cause of global warming has been a positive trend in most African countries. One of the most successful strategies towards reaching that goal is the shift ...
Reducing Carbon Emissions in a Third Level Educational Institution in Sub-Sahara Africa
(Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2015)
The effort to reduce carbon emissions as the arguably most prevalent cause of
global warming has been a positive trend in most African countries. One of the
most successful strategies towards reaching that goal is the ...
Analysis of induction generator controller techniques for Pico hydropower a case study of A 3kW Pico hydropower scheme in Kasese, Western Uganda
(IEEE, 2014)
This paper presents a comparative analysis of control techniques used on induction generators for stand-alone Pico hydropower schemes. The techniques were tested on a prototype Pico hydropower system modeled for the site ...
Use of solar water heaters in industrial processes to reduce furnace oil consumption
The high costs and environment problems that arise from the non-renewable sources of energy call for the conversion to more sustainable and less hazardous energy supplies such as solar thermal energy. This paper discusses ...
Photovoltaic industry in Uganda : local manufacturers of PV components and imported products - efficiencies and national standards
Energy is a key factor for the development of a
country. In many remote areas of the third world with
good insolation such as Uganda, photovoltaic is one of
the most suitable ways of providing energy to rural
areas. ...
'Swer (single wire earth return) systems user applications – optimising the use of this cost–effective electrification tool with suitable end-user applications' – the Ugandan case
The access to electricity is becoming a major demand in all societies in the developing countries. The declared aim of Uganda’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development to increase the access to electricity to 10% of ...
Implementation of a solar test laboratory in sub-Sahara Africa
Penetration of decentralized power supply for households and commercial enterprises is low in Sub-Sahara Africa. Solar Home Systems (SHS), despite their widespread use in other continents have failed to attain much success ...
Benefits of using biogas in households experience from a user in Uganda
This paper discusses the socio-economic benefits of using biogas based on the experience of a long term user as a typical example. A floating drum type of digester was installed with a capacity of 6.5 m3 in the year 2000 ...
