Nasir El Bassam
IFEED
Title: The integrated energy community: A project for sustainable economic development and empowering rural habitats
Biography
Biography: Nasir El Bassam
Abstract
Energy is directly related to the most critical social issues which affect sustainable development: Poverty, job creation, income levels, access to social services, gender disparity, population growth, agricultural production, climate change and environmental quality, security issues and migration. More than 2 billion people, 600 million of them living in Africa, have no access to modern energy sources such as electricity; most are living in rural areas. Sustainable frameworks which can really function and could offer real perspectives are needed: IFEED has developed more than 10 years ago for the United Nations the concept of the “Integrated Energy Settlements” which has been implemented in several counties. The concept comprises the following elements: Decentralized and onsite production of energy for households, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), agriculture, water and waste water treatment, mobility, storage, trade, etc., it also includes social, economic, ecological, education and job creation components. This concept is a dynamic process. It has been modified and implemented in October 2015 in Wierthe, Lower Saxony, Germany. The project in Wierthe integrates 15 enterprises with around 80 employees and trainees, education, training and sport facilities, a forest, fruit and vegetable fields, bee, sheep and horse keeping, e-cars, solar park, bioenergy for heating, desalination and irrigation systems. Wierthe Project is an innovative approach and a concept for maintaining the vital role of rural regions. It targets food and energy, nature and culture, diversity and dignity, economy and society. It combines strategic approaches of clean technologies and sustainable development to live in peace with our self and nature. We have the necessary knowledge, knowhow and the technologies to achieve these goals.
Recent Publications
1.El Bassam N (2013) Distributed Renewable Energies for Off-Grid Communities. Strategies and Technologies towards Achieving Sustainability in Energy Generation and Supply. Elsevier- Science and Technology Books, 225 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451.
2.El Bassam N (2010) Handbook of Bioenergy Crops: A Complete Reference to Species, Development and Applications”. Earthscan Publishers, London and New York.
3.Ingrams E (2014) Preparing to Meet the Challenges of the Future. An interview with Nasir El Bassam. SGI Quarterly, Japan
4.El Bassam N. (2016) Innovative Technologien und Strategien für den breiten Einsatz der Elektromobilität: Internationale Konferenz für Alternative Mobilität, Solarzentrum Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Wietow.
5.El Bassam N (2016) Facing the Challenges of Poverty of Hunger, Poverty and Migration. 7th International Seminar Sustainable Resource Management Towards Food, Energy, Environment and Livelihood. Afrikanisch-Asiatische Studienförderung e.V., Göttingen.
