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August 17, 2012
India: Solar lanterns distributed in Jharkhand
A new initiative in the village of Ulti in Jharkhand, India has enabled women to have reliable source of light from solar lanterns at very cheap costs. At a cost of INR 15, women can now charge their solar LED lanterns daily. Read more here.
August 17, 2012
Australian wins award for his innovative business plan
Australian business school graduate Boyd Whalan is bent to make a change through social entrepreneurship, and with the help of his fellow classmates from University of Sydney, has won the 2012 CEMS Global Social Business Plan Competition. His access to electricity in Africa business model is built around high quality […]
August 17, 2012
‘Little Sun’ in India
Artist Olafur Eliasson’s designed solar lamp called ‘Little Sun’ is now available in India at the cost of INR 560. Eliasson hopes that the main selling point will be the aesthetic advantage of the product, which will make it popular both with the low-income and relatively high-income segments. Read more […]
August 17, 2012
Africa: Harnessing pedal power
In Rwanda, Nuru Energy claims to have developed the world’s ‘first commercially available pedal generator’ with its new POWERcycle. This generator is good for the economy as it employs people to pedal with their hands or feet. This device can recharge as many as 5 modular LEDs in about 20 […]
August 17, 2012
Off-grid options provide electricity to Uganda
According to predictions, Uganda – especially the north and north-eastern regions will continue to have low electrification, due to a combination of a number of factors. Rural Ugandans continue to suffer from lack of electricity and resultant economic and health-related back draws. Now, off-grid options has been filling in this […]
August 17, 2012
Rwanda’s solar potential assessed
International charity GVEP which promotes economic enhancement of developing country population through access to clean energy has recently released a report on the off-grid electricity potential in Rwanda. About 85 per cent of Rwandan population is isolated from the grid. The awareness and economic levels are low, but the report […]
August 17, 2012
Cummins Emission Solutions seek to address IAP
Developing countries are large contributors to emissions due to inefficient stoves, which also put their lives at risk due to the resultant IAP (Indoor Air Pollution). CES (or Cummins Emission Solutions) decided to address the issue of IAP through a multi-year CSR project. This initiative is called ‘STEAM’ and has […]
August 17, 2012
DIY solar ovens
This post shows how using even low levels of solar radiation is enough, using nothing more than cardboard bozes, glass and tin foil to make a ‘solar over’. While this post takes a recreational viewpoint, the DIY (Do-It-Yourself) methods are highly relevant to developing countries, where cookstoves remain inefficient. Read […]
August 17, 2012
India: Delhi scales its food provision coverage
The Government of Delhi recently approved a project which would encompass about 200,000 food insecure households in the current year not already under some or the other form of coverage. Read more here.
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