Energy and Power

Given India’s inadequate energy provision, some users have adopted solar technology to generate energy and power lights. Small-scale renewable solutions are being...

Integrated Energy Centres are solar powered community centres that can host a range of basic services and activities lacking in an underserved...

d.Light, the for profit social enterprise that designs, manufactures and distributes solar lights, announced that it’s products now play their part in...

Recently, Bangalore-based Solar Electric Light Company (SELCO), which develops sustainable energy solutions for low-income communities, partnered with US-based Applied Materials, a chip...

A note from UN Foundation President Tim Wirth about our activities at Rio+20 and the progress being made on the Secretary-General’s initiative...

India PR Wire recently reported that Solid Solar, a rooftop solar specialist company, has developed the ‘Solid Sun-Shade Solutions’ in the Indian...

The IFC has agreed to guarantee loans for the microfinance organization SEWA, an organisation of poor, self-employed women workers, to purchase clean...

The benefits of using clean cookstoves in developing countries have long been accepted as important in improving health, creating safer homes, and...

Ennovent, an early stage bottom-of-the-pyramid focused investment fund, has made its first investment in Barefoot Power, an Australian company that promotes sustainable...

Student founders of the project 'Ashadeep', have developed a low-cost lighting solution for rural households in India. The system uses a chemical...

A recent news article discusses Indian solar company, SELCO’s, strategies for distributing affordable solar power in India. The SELCO business model focuses...

A recent news article highlights the work of Mera Gao Power, a social enterprise in India, that is developing and installing solar-powered...

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has entered into a private-public partnership to improve energy efficiency in Bhubaneswar, Orissa. The multilateral organization plans...

An Economic Times article profiles Harish Hande, the Managing Director of the Solar Electric Light Company (SELCO) in India. Having been inspired...

Amul Dairy, India’s largest dairy cooperative, has partnered with Envirofit to distribute energy efficient cookstoves in rural Gujarat. Amul’s dairy farmers will...

Two new entreprenurs have recently started Mera Gao Power in Uttar Pradesh India, a social business providing electricity and mobile charging services...

Pollinate Energy — a Sydney and Bangalore-based social enterprise NGO dedicated to using renewable resources to eradicate energy poverty in India -–...

More than 60,000 households in rural India will have better access to electricity by 2015 as Simpa Networks, a company supported by...

On January 9th The New York Times ran an article on the scale of ambition in India related to the growth of...

Last month Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) hosted a provocative discussion on Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) at the UN High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable...

Please note: This is a repost from BBC News By Edd Gent The Indian government has committed 980bn rupees ($14.5bn; £10.9bn) to...

Nearly one fifth of humanity do not have access to electricity, and more than double this number still rely on the use...

The DOEN Foundation is supporting Avani in the scaling up of their Bio Energy program. This Bio Energy program employs people to collect pine...

DHARNAI, India – Suresh Manjhi, 30, no longer has to walk five kilometres to and from Makhdumpur, the nearest town, to charge...

Power to the People provides an examination of the significant market potential for investors in India's growing rural BoP clean energy market....

For a growing number of companies, cleantech promises innovations and opportunities at the base of the pyramid After driving taxis in New...

About the content: This report is designed to serve as a primer and companion for those considering investing in distributed clean energy systems in...