Rural Electrification

ANGUL: The much-hyped Rajiv Gandhi Vidyut Karan Yojana (RGGVY) in Angul district has made little progress so far even as the deadline for completion of the project is nearing end. The Central programme was started in the distict in March 2007 and at present, only 80 of the targeted 1,625 villages have been electrified.

Publication Date:

31/10/2008

Source: New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)

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Energy, Rural Electrification, Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana, Angul (D), Nayagarh (D)

Energy

Lit by biofuel

A village of 105 lit up households. But how to make renewable energy sustainable? A 30-km drive from Chhattisgarh

Publication Date:

30/10/2008

Author(s): Savvy Soumya Misra

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

CFL, Renewable Energy, Biofuel, Baiga, Gond, Energy, Rural Electrification, Chhattisgarh

15 Oct 2008

The just framework for climate

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Let’s cut to the chase. If we are serious about climate change then we have to be serious about changing (drastically) the way the world generates and uses its energy. But even as the rich world talks glibly about ‘decarbonisation’ of its economy it has done precious little to reinvent its energy system and to wean itself from its fossil fuel addiction.

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Rs 1.6 billion Balochistan village electrification project in the pipeline

About 700 villages would be electrified and three new 132KV power grid stations would be established in Balochistan under Rs1.6 billion Second Rural Village Electrification Project also known as Kuwait Fund, sources in Balochistan Provincial and Planning department told APP on Monday.

Publication Date:

07/10/2008

Source: Business Recorder (Pakistan)

Tags:

Energy, Rural Electrification, Pakistan

Energy

Empowering women through electrification: experiences from rural Zanzibar

This article discusses the extent to which the arrival of electricity in Islamic rural Zanzibar has empowered women. Electricity carries a potential for women

Publication Date:

01/09/2008

Author(s): Tanja Winther

Source: Energia News

Vol:

11

Issue:

1

pp:

8

Tags:

Women, Energy, Household Energy, Rural Electrification, Africa, Sustainable Development

Energy

Report of the high powered committee on financial position of oil companies

The Prime Minister has constituted a high powered committee under the chairmanship of Shri B K Chaturvedi, Member, Planning Commission, to examine the financial position of oil companies.

Publication Date:

01/09/2008

Source: Government of India

Tags:

LPG, Diesel, Kerosene, Energy Efficiency, Energy, Oil, Natural Gas, Oil Products, Rural Electrification, Exports, Imports, Industry, OECD, India

Energy

Providing affordable solar systems to people: Zara Solar, Tanzania

Tanzania has one of the lowest rates of electrifi cation in the world. Zara Solar and its sister company Mona-Mwanza Electrical & Electronics both based in Mwanza provide high-quality, aff ordable PV systems in Northern Tanzania. Zara Solar is a rapidly growing business that uses a network of self-employed technicians to reach out to the remote rural areas.

Publication Date:

01/07/2008

Source: Akshay Urja

Vol:

2

Issue:

1

pp:

34

Tags:

Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Energy, Rural Electrification, Tanzania

48-hr outage sparks outrage in Gurgaon

While people living in Gurgaon are getting prepared for summer sweat, electricity consumers from adjoining villages have threatened to hit the streets if their concerns were not addressed.

Publication Date:

17/03/2008

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Energy, Rural Electrification, Power Transmission, Gurgaon (D)