Stand-alone Power Supply and Heating Systems
An individual’s carbon footprint is mainly decided by energy consumed to run various household appliances and energy used for home heating. Electric power supplied to grid-connected households is mostly derived from fossil fuels, and thus leads to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, homes in remote areas cannot afford grid power supply, and they use renewable natural sources available to them such as solar power, wind power, hydroelectric power or geothermal energy. Even, houses that can be connected to the power grid can opt for stand-alone power systems to reduce GHG emissions. Most common form of off-grid power system ...
