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October 6, 2012
Asia: Empowering Cambodia’s rural poor
NRG Solutions is a start-up that endeavours to leverage its innovative business model to supply electricity to the energy-deprived rural poor in Cambodia. It involves the installation of a solar home system that the head of NRG Solutions developed while working for a Cambodian NGO in conjunction with EWB (Engineers […]
October 6, 2012
Powering solar in Africa through a pay-as-you-go model
Even though solar power (through microgrids, solar lanterns and home systems) is the answer to the energy woes for the developing world at large, there are many who cannot pay the upfront cost of installation. Angaza, a new start-up offers their SoLite three-watt home solar system inclusive of an LED […]
October 6, 2012
Virginia Tech launches a research project for solar and windmill generated power in India
A new research centre powered by Virginia Tech is set to open in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu very soon. This research centre will work on how solar panels and windmills can be engineered in a better way so as to suit the needs of Indian households better. Read […]
October 6, 2012
Zambia: Minister voices concerns over charcoal use
Minister of Mines, Energy and Water Development, Yamfwa Mukanga has pointed out that there is a high concentration of usage of charcoal in Lusaka. This endangers the environment with solid pollutants, and the health of the people in close proximity of the inefficient cookstoves running on the inefficient fuel that […]
October 6, 2012
Two year progress report of US’s support to GACC
This post encompasses a detailed overview of the supportive role that the United States has acted in the capacity of while being committed to the cause of clean cookstoves endorsed by the GACC (Global Alliance of Clean Cookstoves), and its future plans regarding continuing this commitment. Read more here and […]
October 6, 2012
India: Bangalore government explores biogas options to handle garbage
The city of Bangalore in the Indian state of Karnataka has been, for some time struggling with piles of garbage generated by the teeming city. The garbage was earlier dumped in nearby semi-urban and rural areas, but following a protest from residents of such areas, the government has been looking […]
October 6, 2012
GACC celebrates its two year anniversary
It has been two years since the GACC (Global Alliance of Clean Cookstoves) began their efforts to combat the existent realities incurred by the usage of inefficient cookstoves, claiming the lives of many across the developing world. Read more here.
October 6, 2012
Clean cookstoves for Haiti
This project is pertaining to the study of economic, social and cultural responses to the propagating and encouraging of the use of clean cookstoves in communities in Haiti. Read more here.
October 6, 2012
BioLite cookstoves: Generating electricity while reducing IAP
BioLite is a more efficient wood cookstove that uses less of firewood and also generates less of smoke leading to IAP (indoor air pollution). The unique feature of this stove is that it generates electricity using some of the fire’s heat, which powers a fan. This fan is the reason […]
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