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Energizing Rural India
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Mainstreaming adoption of affordable and climate-friendly irrigation practices in rural India
Mainstreaming adoption of affordable and climate-friendly irrigation practices in rural India
The Climate crisis resulting from rising temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns has put immense pressure on Indian agriculture…
Power for All
Feb 22, 2022
Gender-inclusive strategies critical for India’s post-COVID recovery: CEEW Report
Gender-inclusive strategies critical for India’s post-COVID recovery: CEEW Report
— Pranathi Sridhar
Power for All
Jul 19, 2021
Solar energy ensures reliable power to India’s rural health clinics during Covid
Solar energy ensures reliable power to India’s rural health clinics during Covid
Husk Power is the largest community minigrid developer in India, operating 100+ sites in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh states. Pre-pandemic, it…
Power for All
Jul 1, 2021
Jharkhand’s Clean Energy Transition — Challenges and Pathways
Jharkhand’s Clean Energy Transition — Challenges and Pathways
Jai Shekhar, Harshit Vallecha (Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy)
Power for All
Jun 18, 2021
Data shows healthcare delivery is strongly linked to electricity availability
Data shows healthcare delivery is strongly linked to electricity availability
Vivek Shastry
Power for All
Jun 15, 2021
Renewable energy is crucial to India’s COVID-19 response and recovery
Renewable energy is crucial to India’s COVID-19 response and recovery
— SELCO Foundation
Power for All
Jun 2, 2021
#VaccinesWork, but require effective and efficient cold chain infrastructure
#VaccinesWork, but require effective and efficient cold chain infrastructure
Distributed renewable energy solutions can power SDG3 for last mile delivery of immunization
Power for All
May 3, 2021
Roadmap for Clean Energy Transition in Jharkhand
Roadmap for Clean Energy Transition in Jharkhand
ISEP released report on creating a Renewable Energy Ecosystem to make Jharkhand a Champion state in Clean Energy
Power for All
Apr 22, 2021
Bolega Bihar: Doctors in the state vouch for solar power to improve health services
Bolega Bihar: Doctors in the state vouch for solar power to improve health services
-Ashwani Ashok, CEED India
Power for All
Feb 24, 2021
An Integrated Energy Approach Could Improve Access in Jharkhand: Study
An Integrated Energy Approach Could Improve Access in Jharkhand: Study
— Vagisha Nandan (ISEP), Harshit Vallecha (IIT Kharagpur)
Power for All
Feb 9, 2021
Integrated Policy and Financing for DRE-enabled Livelihoods
Integrated Policy and Financing for DRE-enabled Livelihoods
Anand Prabu Pathanjali
Power for All
Jan 5, 2021
Decentralized Renewable Energy in India Shows Growth, Resilience: Annual CLEAN Report
Decentralized Renewable Energy in India Shows Growth, Resilience: Annual CLEAN Report
Despite COVID-19, 62 percent of DRE enterprises reported financial growth — a 17 percent increase from the previous year
Power for All
Nov 26, 2020
Frontier Markets Innovate in Face of Coronavirus
Frontier Markets Innovate in Face of Coronavirus
Around the world, clean energy offers rural communities a host of benefits: from better health, education and comfort to improved earnings…
Power for All
Nov 5, 2020
Monitoring and Maintenance of Rural Mini-grids Crucial to Delivering Reliable Power
Monitoring and Maintenance of Rural Mini-grids Crucial to Delivering Reliable Power
- Umang Maheshwari, Smart Power India
Power for All
Oct 6, 2020
Ephemeral Islands: Access to energy in the char regions of Assam
Ephemeral Islands: Access to energy in the char regions of Assam
Amala Devi, Namrata Ginoya
Power for All
Aug 16, 2020
50-bed Solar-Powered COVID-care Hospital Inaugurated in Patna
50-bed Solar-Powered COVID-care Hospital Inaugurated in Patna
Doctors For You, in partnership with SELCO Foundation, and Vistex Hospital, with support from the Government of Bihar set up this facility…
Power for All
Aug 16, 2020
Innovators Solshare and S4S Technologies Scoop Climate Awards
Innovators Solshare and S4S Technologies Scoop Climate Awards
Five of the 11 winners of the 2020 Ashden Awards are from South Asia — including energy access innovators, S4S Technologies and Solshare.
Power for All
Jul 27, 2020
Fighting COVID-19: A Solar-powered Hospital in Rural Jharkhand Takes on the Pandemic
Fighting COVID-19: A Solar-powered Hospital in Rural Jharkhand Takes on the Pandemic
By Lanvin Concessao, Dheeraj Kumar Gupta and Pamli Deka
Power for All
May 22, 2020
Indian Leaders Call for Improvement in Rural Healthcare via Solarization of Clinics
Indian Leaders Call for Improvement in Rural Healthcare via Solarization of Clinics
30 April 2020: Today, nearly 20 leaders from think tanks, research groups, renewable energy companies, sustainable development…
Power for All
Apr 29, 2020
Truck-Mounted Solar Refrigerators: Enabling women entrepreneurs to reach markets through technology
Truck-Mounted Solar Refrigerators: Enabling women entrepreneurs to reach markets through technology
Semonti Saha is the Assistant Manager of Product Development at Devidayal Solar Solutions. As a solar engineer, her responsibilities…
Power for All
Apr 21, 2020
Women’s energy entrepreneurship has the potential to address SDGs
Women’s energy entrepreneurship has the potential to address SDGs
SELCO Foundation
Power for All
Apr 12, 2020
Over 1/3 households in rural Jharkhand dissatisfied with grid supply: report
Over 1/3 households in rural Jharkhand dissatisfied with grid supply: report
A new report by the Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy (ISEP) reveals that 87 percent of rural households in Jharkhand have access…
Divya Kottadiel
Feb 6, 2020
Modi advisor slams state-run utilities; supports bigger role for micro-grids
Modi advisor slams state-run utilities; supports bigger role for micro-grids
NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, in comments supporting the role of private micro-grids for rural electrification, says that DISCOMs are the…
Power for All
Dec 19, 2019
12 (not so) obvious insights about distributed renewables for productive use
12 (not so) obvious insights about distributed renewables for productive use
Over the last decade, decentralized clean energy solutions have provided basic access to lighting for hundreds of millions around the…
Power for All
Oct 22, 2019
Is off-grid solar lighting still relevant in India?
Is off-grid solar lighting still relevant in India?
To understand what the future holds and why off-grid lighting is still important, Power for All interviewed the Lighting Asia Program…
Power for All
Oct 4, 2019
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