Namibia's off grid settlements suffer from poor economic development due to an inadequate energy infrastructure. Limited resources in arid regions of Namibia have caused a surge in alternative energy use and resourceful capacity building. This report consists of designs for containerized services and an evaluation of small-scale wood gasification technologies for rural settlements where resource scarcity is an enormous hindrance.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Brown, Richard Pearce
• Baker, Andrew Nicholas
• Wang, Zhixin
• Morlath, Robert Charles

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Sustainability
• Energy

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050311-120205

Keyword

• Sustainable development--Economic aspects
• Renewable energy sources
• Rural development
• Sustainability

Advisor

• Shockey, Ingrid K.
• Brisson, Ulrike

Year

• 2011

Center

• Windhoek, Namibia Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Desert Research Foundation of Namibia
• Schultz, Robert
• Hangula, Abraham

Date created

• 2011-05-03

Location

• Windhoek

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright