Clean Energy Services for All:Financing Universal Electrification
One in five people around the world, approximately 1.3 billion people lack access to electricity. Prevailing estimates of the investment required to end this energy poverty rely on a flawed analysis from the International Energy Agency (IEA) which calls for unrealistic investment levels at inappropriate growth rates for inefficient energy delivery....
India is one of the most vulnerable countries to the impacts of climate change. With fossil fuels contributing to a large per cent of our energy needs, the situation becomes all the more precarious. 70 per cent of our electricity is being generated by coal based power plants, and the existing supply falls 10 per cent short during peak hours....
Renewable energy-based rural electrification: The mini-grid experience from India
The development of mini-grids based on renewable energy sources such as solar PV, biogas and small hydro has been a successful venture in India. The new report from the GNESD project, Renewable energy-based rural electrification: The mini-grid experience from India, authoured by Debajit Palit and Gopal K Sarangi, provides a review of this experience of mini-grid use in India by making specific references to successful cases....
Energy has been unanimously acknowledged as one of the most important building blocks for economic growth and human development of a nation. Energy security and accessibility has become a major issue globally; especially in developing countries. Internationally, efforts have been made by respective governments and international aid agencies to improve the conditions through devoted programmes, schemes and financial aids. Yet, nearly 2.7 billion people all over the world are dependent on traditional biomass energy sources (wood, straw, charcoal, dung) for satisfying their energy needs....
