THE REQUIREMENT AND UTILIZATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES IN CHINESE RURAL-AREAS

The tendency of using commercial fossil energy, especially high-qualit y energy, will increase rapidly along with the rural economic developm ent in China. However, energy consumption for household use in most ru ral areas still relies on firewood or straw, except the urban suburb. The application and development of renewable energy has been and shoul d play an important role in China. In order to integrate and adapt ren ewable energy technologies, we need to carefully study the specific ec onomic and social conditions of the rural economic development. Copyri ght (C) 1996 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.