Application of renewable energy to provide safe water from deep tubewells in rural Bangladesh

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-60

  Biswas, Wahidul K ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Renewable energy; Rural Bangladesh; Water supply

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOGAS; DIESEL ENGINES; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; PUMPS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR ENERGY; SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS; SUBMERSIBLES; WATER SUPPLY;

COST COMPETITIVE; ENERGY OPTIONS; NATIONAL GRID; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; RURAL BANGLADESH; RURAL POPULATION; WATER TECHNOLOGIES;

RURAL AREAS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOMASS POWER; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RURAL ENERGY; SOLAR POWER; VILLAGE; WATER SUPPLY;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 79952316522     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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