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July 31, 2012
US$125 million US-India initative drives WUSTL
As part of the US$125 million US-India Initiative for Clean Energy announced this year, engineers at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) will work on low-cost solar cells as well as systems that integrate solar cells with batteries – a technology that designed to help spread access to solar electricity […]
July 31, 2012
Trickle-up innovation – a solar innovation that helps the rich, and vice versa
A pair of entrepreneurs who set out to design a solar charger for electricity-starved Ugandans has unexpectedly created a product popular with American consumers. Mike Lin and Brian Warshawski developed the ReadySet charging kit give Ugandans off the grid, where most people are dependent on mobile phones for their cash […]
July 31, 2012
Grameen installs over 500 solar home systems a day
The company Grameen Shakti has been instrumental in installing almost one thousand solar home systems a day in the rural areas of one of the poorest countries in the world – Bangladesh. By the end of the year it will have installed one million solar systems and plans to install five […]
July 31, 2012
World’s first fully autonomous SolarKiosk running in Ethiopia
Ethiopia has one of the hottest climes in the world, and mostly all of this solar energy goes to waste. This is where German-designed SolarKiosk may be most useful and highly functional. SolarKiosk powers itself with the help of solar energy, and can additionally run something with the energy requirement […]
July 31, 2012
Olafur Eliasson’s Little Sun provides 5 hours of continuous lighting
Artist Olar Elliasson launched his innovative Little Sun solar-powered lamps recently, which aims to be a viable, safe source of lighting in areas in the developing world without power. The highlight of this lamp is that it claims to be functional and provide lighting for up to 5 hours continuously. […]
July 31, 2012
Nepal: Improved stoves for better health
Nepal is set to produce nearly half a million improved cooking stoves over the next five years. This target of 475,000 stoves was set by the National Rural and Renewable Energy Programme, a new effort to bring all rural energy programmes under one management and funding body. Read more here
July 31, 2012
Seven countries join anti soot and methane campaign
A coalition of countries and agencies seeking to curb Earth-warming pollutants like soot released by wood-fired ovens and methane from oil extraction, on Tuesday welcomed seven new members – Britain, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy and Jordan to its fold. Read more here
July 31, 2012
The Paradigm Project
BwB (Bankers without Borders) has currently undertaken a volunteer project in Kenya with Paradigm Project, and their collective goal is to distribute 5 million stoves by 2020 – benefitting up to 25 million people. Read more about this multi-group facilitated project here.
July 31, 2012
Uganda: Clean cookstoves that can be made by users
This post talks about the initatives of an environmental activity centric group JEEP (Joint Energy and Environment Projects) which uses a unique clay cookstove that can be made by users at home, and which is very energy efficient, using only one log of wood to run the stove. Read more […]
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