Specific areas that fall within the domain of CREK across the various thematic areas (solar, biomass, wind, EE) include, among others:

• conducting energy audit and sustainable energy advisory;

• design, fabrication, testing and sale of improved firewood and charcoal stoves for both households and institutions;

• design, installation, and maintenance of solar photovoltaic systems;

• development and utilization of solar thermal applications such as

• solar water stills for water purification

• solar crop dryers for clean and efficient drying of agricultural produce

• solar ovens for heating water and cooking food

• solar water heaters for domestic and institutional water heating

• solar evaporative coolers for food preservation

• solar de-salinators for removal of salts in water;

• design and construction of integrated biogas (anaerobic waste treatment) digesters for organic waste treatment, energy generation and bio-fertilizer production;

• design, fabrication, and use of low-speed standalone wind turbines for power generation and water pumping;

• development and promotion of gel-ethanol as domestic and institutional source of fuel for heating and cooking;

• design and engineering of kilns for efficient and clean charcoal production; and

• development and promotion of modern fuels (bioethanol, biogas, biodiesel, briquettes, pellets, etc.) for domestic and institutional use.