Portable Emission Measurement System (PEMS) for Field Testing of Cookstoves
Traditional solid-fuel cookstoves, or ‘chulhas’, are known to be a source of air pollutants. Nevertheless, these chulhas are used by a large number of rural households in developing countries. Efforts to improve the energy efficiency and reduce emissions are reported in several studies. Literature survey and experience also point to large deviations in emission levels when measured in the lab and compared with the field results....
Training Manual on Financial Literacy for Decentralised Renewable Energy Enterprises
This manual on Financial Literacy for Decentralised Renewable Energy Enterprises has been compiled by Friends of Women’s World Banking. As one of its mandates, CLEAN seeks to address financing challenges faced by energy enterprises in India. Financing (Debt, equity or grant), by far has been one of the most critical barriers to scale up for most of the DRE enterprises as most of them lack fixed assets that are considered acceptable forms of collateral by Financial Institutions (FIs). Financing to such enterprises is perceived to be risky due to the market segment they cater to (often poor and underserved)....
Portable Micro Inverter of 150 W for Rural Applications
In India, inverters are mostly available in 650 VA. Even the inverters of lesser capacities that are available, they retain the same size and specifications of 650 VA inverter, with the exception that power is limited to lesser capacity. Most people in rural households need power up to 100–150 W (watts) for lighting and television requirements, which could be met with 150 VA of inverter with 60 Watt solar panel While, these users are left with no choice but to buy inverters of 650 VA capacities of power rating, which require 60Ah of battery and 60 watts of solar panels. All of this lead additional cost on inverter, batteries and solar panels so as to match the specifications of the inverter....
Training Module 2 – Enabling Service Enterprises with DRE for productive uses
A productive use can be defined as a routine economic activity undertaken in rural or urban areas to create and deliver a product or a service that has a commercial sale value to it. The goods or services are produced for the market, manufactured at a larger scale as compared to those meant for domestic consumption and sold for revenue generation and livelihood support....
