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March 21, 2013
The LED innovation and Gravity Light
Kerosene lamps produce 244 million tonnes of carbon dioxide each year, causes a number of health problems, and a number of fires start because of kerosene lamps. LED powered Gravity Light which uses no battery to light up, albeit at a low-level, a room for half an hour. At US$5, […]
March 21, 2013
Plant With Purpose clean cookstoves – how and why to involve the community
According to the Global Burden of Disease Study, some 3.5 million people die annually due to smoke from inefficient kerosene and biomass cookstoves. Plant With Purpose is a nonprofit which manufactures clean cookstoves which reduce use of wood by 50 per cent and significantly reduce the smoke produced. Some women […]
March 21, 2013
Clean cookstoves prove popular in the Honduras
Use of inefficient biomass cookstoves may contribute to a total of 3 per cent of global deaths. Yet, the use of cleaner, more efficient cookstoves is not as widespread as it should be, irrespective of the wide ranging aid support the cause receives. A study in the Honduras, where two […]
March 21, 2013
Biomass Stoves and Lens Opacity and Cataract in Nepalese Women
This new study provides a stack of conclusive evidence to the claim that occurrence of cataract is more common with women using biomass cookstoves than those using gas stoves. Read more here, and read the study here.
March 21, 2013
UN: How solar lighting can help poor countries recover costs
According to UN’s environmental agency, UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme), countries which switch from lamps, candles and flashlights to solar alternatives usually recover the cost associated in about a year. Assessments in 80 countries were instrumental in arriving at this conclusion, depending on the local costs of LED systems and […]
March 21, 2013
Panasonic launches 100 thousand solar lantern project
Panasonic Corporation recently announced the launch of their project called 100 THOUSAND SOLAR LANTERN PROJECT, an initiative to donate as many as 100,000 solar LED lanterns to the poor in the world without electricity. Read more here.
March 21, 2013
Bangladesh: Developing infrastructure for solar power
The Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL), a public-private entity recently received US$500,000 to start up a photovoltaic testing laboratory (PTL). This will improve on the quality of locally produced solar panels. Read more here.
March 21, 2013
India: Small enterprises in Andhra Pradesh go solar
In the state of Andhra Pradesh, with reliable electricity a problem, enterprises are turning to the use of solar panels to generate enough electricity to run their machines like the sewing machines and more. Read more here.
March 21, 2013
Crowdfunding to light up Africa
About 30 of the largest crowdfunding websites collectively raised as much as US$1.5 billion last year. Now, a US based crowdfunding start-up called SunFunder is using this method to raise money to spread use of clean, renewable energy in rural areas of Africa and Asia. Read more here.
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