Energy

Switching onergy

Conceptualised as a means of making green energy available to the masses, the company (ONergy Solutions) is a perfect instance of how ethics can make for a viable business practice too.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2011
Rina Mukherji
Energy Next
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1
40-41
Tags:
Renewable Energy, India, Rural Electrification, West Bengal, Sundarbans, Power Industry
Energy

The incredibles

Instead of fretting over the paucity of electricity, these 'solar grandmothers' from villages across Asia and Africa decided it would be better to act. As if to give vent to their ambition, the Barefoot College incepted by Bunker Roy, has showed them the way to electrify several villages across the globe, via solar power.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2011
Indu Mathi S
Energy Next
2
1
17-19
Tags:
Solar Energy, Women, Africa, Asia, NGO, India, Rajasthan, Mauritania, Rural Electrification, Sustainable Development, Renewable Energy
Energy

Renewable energy: policy considerations for deploying renewables

This information paper reviews the strategic drivers for renewable energy and the barriers to deployment of RE technologies as well as the policy tools to overcome obstacles to deployment.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2011
Simon Müller, Adam Brown, Samantha Olz
International Energy Agency
Tags:
Renewable Energy, Energy Policy, Developing Countries, India, Carbon Dioxide, Economic Development, Rural Development, Industry, Rural Electrification, Energy Technology
Energy

Solar Power from the Rajasthani desert

Northern Rajasthan is quickly becoming a hub for solar energy in India. The 15th October was the deadline for some of the first major projects of 5 Megawatt capacity each and most plants are now feeding into the electricity grid.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2011
Jonas Hamberg
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Renewable Energy, Rajasthan, Solar Energy, Solar Thermal Power, Rural Electrification, Panchayats, Electricity, On-Grid
Energy

Project to provide high voltage power to rural areas in AP likely by March

The Andhra Pradesh Government is planning to start execution of works for the AP Rural High Voltage Distribution Project by March next year.

Publication Date: 
24/10/2011
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Energy, Rural Electrification, Agriculture, Irrigation
Energy

Promote usage of non-conventional energy resources: Minister

Stressing on more usage of non-conventional energy resources, state minister (independent charge), additional sources of energy department, Akbar Husain on Thursday said that given the high demand

Publication Date: 
21/10/2011
Times of India (Lucknow)
Tags:
Energy, Biomass, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Rural Electrification, Solar Water Heaters
Economy

In Orissa, a son keeps up his father’s name

The name Indira or Rajiv Gandhi has been known to win elections in many states. Ambedkar fetches votes in Uttar Pradesh and Kamraj in Tamil Nadu.

Publication Date: 
12/10/2011
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Irrigation, Habitat And Urbanisation, Rural Electrification, Panchayats, Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana, Wildlife, Fisheries, Rural Roads
Energy

No rental power deal after 2014

The government aims to phase out costly rental power plants from 2014 with new projects coming into operation.

Publication Date: 
11/10/2011
Daily Star (Bangladesh)
Tags:
Energy, Bangladesh, Subsidies, Rural Electrification, Power Transmission, Coal, Thermal Power Plants
Energy

Energy for all: financing access for the poor

As energy is the source of all life, so modern energy can be the source of a better life for all. The International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook (WEO) has focused attention on modern energy access for a decade, providing the international community with quantitative, objective analysis.

Publication Date: 
10/10/2011
International Energy Agency
Tags:
Energy, Electricity, India, Global, Finance, Private Sector, LPG, Biogas, Chulhas (Cookstoves), Rural Electrification, Energy Technology, Biomass, Energy Policy, Renewable Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Rural Energy, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Developing Countries, Fossil Fuels
Energy

Low cost solar power kits to 50,000 families in Ratnapura

Plans are afoot to provide low cost solar power kits and other renewable energy resources to nearly 50,000 families, who are unable to obtain electricity through the main grid, in the Ratnapura Dis

Publication Date: 
01/10/2011
Ifham Nizam
The Island (Sri Lanka)
Tags:
Sri Lanka, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Hydroelectricity, Energy Efficiency, Rural Electrification, Fossil Fuels, Electricity

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