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Key words
- Sustainable Energy
- Energy access in developing countries
- Biomass & Bioenergy
- Hybrid microgrid systems
- Microwind energy
- Biomass Gasification
- Low cost biodigesters
Research Group on Human Development and Cooperation
General description of the activity
GRECDH is a multidisciplinary research group formed by researchers coming from very different knowledge areas but with common objectives with respect to the research applied to the Cooperation and the Human Development.GRECDH researchers share the following common objectives:
- To reach transferable results aiming to facilitate the modernization, and improving the quality of life in developing countries, through applied research, technological development and innovation, in appropriate technologies for human development.
- To facilitate the economic, social and capacity development in communities of countries and areas with lower resources, by means of transference of knowledge and technologies, in collaboration with other actors within the field of Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid.
Specific areas of research energy field
We work in the access to energy services in isolated rural areas in developing countries for household, community or productive end uses. We mainly focus in the access to clean fuels (as biogas), in improved cook stoves, and in the access to electricity from renewable sources of energy. We have carried out projects in Peru and Nepal and we have established the groundwork to begin projects in Bolivia, Ghana and Mozambique.Main research topics:
- Appropriate energy technologies for human development.
- Electricity generation with micro-wind systems.
- Electricity generation using small size biomass gasification facilities.
- Anaerobic digestion of organic waste for biogas production.
- Stimulation and support of local capacities in the field of energy.
- Rural electrification programs. (planning and intervention methodologies, which include the assessment of local energy resources)
We carry out applied research, technological development and innovation. We aim to reach transferable technological results, which improve the access to energy services in developing countries and the quality of life of rural people.
Fields of applied research:
We work in the access to energy services in isolated rural areas in developing countries for household, community or productive end uses. We mainly focus in the access to clean fuels (as biogas), in improved cook stoves, and in the access to electricity from renewable sources of energy. We have carried out projects in Peru and Nepal and we have established the groundwork to begin projects in Bolivia, Ghana and Mozambique.
Research topics:
• Appropriate energy technologies for human development.
• Electricity generation with micro-wind systems.
• Electricity generation using small size biomass gasification facilities.
• Anaerobic digestion of organic waste for biogas production.
• Stimulation and support of local capacities in the field of energy.
• Rural electrification programs. (planning and intervention methodologies, which include the assessment of local energy resources)
We work jointly with the UPC/CEPIMA research group in the development of CHP systems using downdraft gasifiers fed by biomass residues (agricultural or forest industry wastes).
Fields of applied research:
We work in the access to energy services in isolated rural areas in developing countries for household, community or productive end uses. We mainly focus in the access to clean fuels (as biogas), in improved cook stoves, and in the access to electricity from renewable sources of energy. We have carried out projects in Peru and Nepal and we have established the groundwork to begin projects in Bolivia, Ghana and Mozambique.
Research topics:
• Appropriate energy technologies for human development.
• Electricity generation with micro-wind systems.
• Electricity generation using small size biomass gasification facilities.
• Anaerobic digestion of organic waste for biogas production.
• Stimulation and support of local capacities in the field of energy.
• Rural electrification programs. (planning and intervention methodologies, which include the assessment of local energy resources)
We work jointly with the UPC/CEPIMA research group in the development of CHP systems using downdraft gasifiers fed by biomass residues (agricultural or forest industry wastes).
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