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April 17, 2013
Clinton’s clean cookstove push may create investment opportunities
Hillary Clinton left behind a legacy through her landmark Global Partnership Initiative, one that she hoped would inspire the State Department to collaborate more. The cornerstone of this initiative was the clean cookstove movement, propelled by the public private partnership GACC, or the Global Alliance of Clean Cookstoves. This organization […]
April 17, 2013
Kashmir benefits from India’s rural electrification programmes
Since 2004, Indian government’s rural electrification programmes has benefited at least 4825 households in remote areas of north Kashmir. Read more here.
April 17, 2013
Sudan: AfDB grants US$340,000 to Sudan’s National Energy Research Centre
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Republic of Sudan together collaborated to facilitate a grant of US$340,000 to the National Energy Research Centre (NERC). This grant will be used to research viable sources of energy for the rural poor in the country. Read more here.
April 17, 2013
Energy research project generating electricity from cooking stoves
Researchers at the Trinity College Dublin (TCD) recently concluded a research on biomass stoves in Malawi which have been equipped to generate enough electricity to power LED lights and charge mobile phones. This project was funded by the Irish Aid, and involved the integration of a thermoelectric generator with a […]
April 17, 2013
Solar home systems growing the fastest in Bangladesh
According to data released by the World Bank, Bangladesh now has the fastest growing solar home system programme in the world, with as many as 50,000 new installations a month. These solar home systems consist of a solar panel, a battery and a charge controller. Read more here.
April 17, 2013
Building a new industry of clean cookstoves in Cambodia
GERES Cambodia is an organization active in Cambodia, and has been instrumental in setting up the ecosystem of manufacturing and distribution market of clean cookstoves in Cambodia. They have been operational in Cambodia since 2003, and recently celebrated their 2 millionth stove. Their stoves are made with attention to detail […]
April 17, 2013
What do you have in common with a low-income Indian mother?
This post talks about how toxic smoke from inefficient cookstoves have become a part of the lives of people affected by them, essentially meaning behaviour is as big a barrier as any in replacing these with cleaner cookstoves. Read more here.
April 17, 2013
A call to action for better research on indoor air pollution
This note by Donn Tice, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at d.light, talks about the need for concrete and more comprehensive research when it comes to indoor air pollution, an issue that mortally affects the lives of 3.5 million people worldwide. Read more here.
April 17, 2013
India: Regulator SEBI registers new fund under AIF
Social investment is now becoming a mainstream concept as the Securities and Exchange Board of India, or SEBI approved the Incube Connect Fund, one of the pioneering social venture fund as an AIF, or an Alternative Investment Fund. Read more here.
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