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Friday, June 07, 2013 — Latin America

Argentina builds first-ever solar neighborhood to fight energy poverty

Source: Deutsche Welle
A solar power project in Buenos Aires is providing electricity for some of the city's poorest households. Volunteers are hoping to create Argentina's first green community - one rooftop at a time.
TAGS:energy, Poverty, rural development, solar, sustainability
Friday, May 31, 2013 — Sub-Saharan Africa

Selling Solar Panels on the Installment Plan in Africa

Source: Bloomberg Businessweek
Some solar startups are addressing the problem with creative financing models.
TAGS:energy, inclusive business, solar, startup, technology
Thursday, May 30, 2013 — Sub-Saharan Africa

Energy access for all in Africa: does enterprise hold the key?

Source: The Guardian
Local companies, international groups and charities are all using business approaches to improve access to clean, safe energy
TAGS:Base of the Pyramid, energy, entrepreneurship, social impact, solar, technology
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 — Sub-Saharan Africa

A Nano cool device to take vaccines to remote areas

Source: The Hindu
One of the major challenges in rural healthcare programme is preserving vaccines in the right temperature, especially in power-deficient villages.
TAGS:energy, health care, medical devices, rural healthcare delivery, vaccinations
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 — No Region Specified

A Plan to Bring Sun-Powered Irrigation to Poor Farmers

Source: The New York Times
A proposed system uses mirrors to increase the power of a solar panel and pump water to crops.
TAGS:agribusiness, energy, farmers, sustainability
Thursday, April 11, 2013 — Sub-Saharan Africa

Africa can leapfrog other regions on energy, power expo hears

Source: Business Day
Billed as Africa’s biggest power and energy expo, Power and Electricity World Africa launched in Sandton on Tuesday, with exhibits from China, India, Europe, the US and further afield displaying renewable and traditional technologies.
TAGS:energy, urban
Monday, November 12, 2012 — South Asia

Final Frontier: Firms Flock to Newly Opened Myanmar

Source: Wall Street Journal
YANGON, Myanmar—For Tim Love, a vice chairman of advertising giant Omnicom Group, it was an opportunity too good to pass up: an entire country, off the map for most Western investors for decades, embracing foreign investment in a place with untapped energy resources and 60 million people.
TAGS:Base of the Pyramid, energy
Tuesday, November 06, 2012 — South Asia

Husk Power Systems raises $5 million for expansion

Source: The Hindu Business Line
Husk Power Systems, a Bihar-based company that runs micro power plants on agricultural waste, has raised Series A equity financing of $5 million (Rs 27 crore) from co-investors Bamboo Finance, Acumen Fund, and LGT Venture Philanthropy.
TAGS:Acumen Fund, energy, impact investing, rural, sustainability
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 — South Asia

'Over 60 percent of land projected to become urban by 2030 yet to be built'

Source: Business Recorder
Global urbanisation will have significant implications for biodiversity and ecosystems if current trends continue, with knock-on effects for human health and development, observes a new assessment by the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
TAGS:energy, health care, sustainability, urban

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