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Background and
Objectives :
Integrated
Research and Action for Development (IRADe) organized a two weeks
International Training Program in February-March, 2004 on “Renewable
Energy in Local, National and Global Context with Socio-economic
Perspectives”. The training was sponsored by Ministry of Non-conventional
Energy Sources, Govt. of India. The specific objectives of the international
training course were:
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To give a broad
based understanding of renewable energy in the overall context
of energy sector planning and global energy and environmental
issues.
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To give national
and global energy perspectives and discuss new paradigms to reduce fossil fuel dependence.
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Techno-economic
understanding of major renewable technologies.
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To stress the need
for approaches that call people’s participation; and hands on experience
about energy balance.
The Participants
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Participants were from
middle, senior level rank officers (Director, Executive Director,
Advisor, Assistant Professor, Assistant lecturer) from ministries,
non-governmental organizations and universities. They were from
different countries viz. as Algeria, Bangladesh, Indonesia Iran,
Nepal, Nigeria, Malawi, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. The
participants were from different background and work experiences
such as renewable energy and environmental management, natural resource
management, environmental geography, energy (oil sector), statistics
and environmental health, small hydropower, solar, biomass, energy
economics and communication & information.
Course Contents :
The overall content
of the training course covered topics such as fundamentals of energy
efficiency, techno-economic analysis, biomass gasifier, hydrogen
energy, financial evaluation of energy technology, techno-economic
assessments of renewable energy, participatory approaches and community
based initiatives, clean development mechanism, climate change,
entrepreneurship & livelihood, participatory rural energy services
and participatory process, gender issues in renewable energy, energy
initiatives at community level, health aspects of water and sanitation
& health in rural area.
Photographs
of the Event :
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Participants of the International Training Programme.
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Introduction by Dr. Jyoti Parikh, Executive Director, IRADe.
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Inaugural Address by Shri A.M. Gokhale, Secretary, MNES.
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Certificate being received by a participant.
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