Renewable Energy and Energy Management
Contents: 1. Status of renewable energy programmes in the North-Eastern region/D.R. Das. 2. Power from biomass for rural development/M. Shyam and Nawab Ali. 3. Promising equipment/technologies developed under All-India coordinated research project on renewable sources of energy/M. Shyam and S.K. Tandon. 4. Towards the energy securities in North-East States of India/B. Ghosh. 5. Small hydropower assessment using GIS and hydrological modelling - Nagaland case study/A.K. Gosain and Sandhya Rao. 6. Grid integration of renewable energy sources/P.K. Bordoloi. 7. Energy security: global concern and Indian scenario/S.K. Samdarshi. 8. Energy use scenario and future demand for crop production in Assam: a strategic analysis/D.C. Baruah and P.K. Dutta. 9. Renewable energy activities in Maharashtra by MEDA/Sudhir Kumar. 10. Adoption of renewable energy technology as an alternative source of electrification/Lala Rajat Kanti Dev. 11. Biomass energy resources for rural electrification in North East India/Debajit Palit. 12. Solar PV for rural electrification: economical considerations/P.C. Sarma. 13. Review on the technical aspects and the support needed from the state sectors for promotion of the concept at user/NGO levels/A. Roy Choudhury. 14. Renewable energy and energy management/Kalpataru Kar. 15. Financing renewable energy in North-east India/Amiya K. Sharma and Shaheel Rafique. 16. Potential and feasibility of self managed renewable energy enterprises in North-East India/Chandan Mahanta. 17. Revival of power sector/Vinodh Kumar K. 18. Bamboo and its potential as a source of bio-energy in North East India/Prasenjit Saikia and Rupam Kataki. 19. Renewable energy sector-NER Vision 2020/B.C. Kusre and S.C. Patra. Recommendations. Appendices. Subject index.
"In the modern world the energy use has become indices for development. The non-conventional source of energy involves dependence on natural resources such as water, wind, bio mass, solar sources. For harnessing of energy from these sources it has become necessary to assess/identify the potential, technology for generation of energy and evolve mechanism for financial inputs. The NE region of the country is rich in all the above mentioned sources and if the sources are used properly, the region can achieve substantial energy production from renewable sources. The importance of renewable energy sector is more relevant in NE region because of the difficult terrain and less availability of grid power to far-flung villages of the region. Thus the energy generated locally through these sources can help in promotion of economic activities in the villages and smaller towns of the region.
The North Eastern Regional Institute of Water and Land Management (NERIWALM) being an institute devoted to management of natural resources in the NE region took the initiative in organizing a national seminar on renewable energy at Tezpur. The purpose of the seminar was to provide a platform to the scientists, administrators, academician, developmental department and NGO for discussion on the renewable energy and put forward various recommendation for rapid promotion of this sector, particularly for NE region."
