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Cleantech in the developing world: from solar power to refrigeration
For a growing number of companies, cleantech promises innovations and opportunities at the base of the pyramid
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- Energy, Environment, Impact Assessment
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- impact investing, solar
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Singapore Billionaire Bets Big on Energy in Africa, Asia
In September 2007, almost a year after New Zealand–born billionaire Richard Chandler founded investment firm Orient Global in Singapore, he made a rare appearance at a forum on social responsibility.
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- Energy
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- impact investing
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Infuse Ventures, Intellecap Impact Investment Network invest Rs 3 crore in solar startup Surya Power
MUMBAI: Intellecap Impact Investment Network (I3N) andInfuse Ventures have invested $500,000, or Rs 3 crore, in Coimbatore-based solar-agriculture startup Surya PowerMagic.
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- Energy, Impact Assessment
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- impact investing, solar
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Solar Crowdfunding Platform SunFunder Join’s Power Africa’s Beyond the Grid
The US Government, under the aegis of the Obama administration, has formally launched Power Africa to increase energy access to those in need in sub-Saharan Africa. SunFunder is one of the founding partners of the initiative and joins an august group that includes another solar crowdfunding platform Mosaic.
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- Energy, Environment
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I.D.B. to finance solar energy plant in Chile
The Inter-American Development Bank has approved a total of $66.4 million to finance a photovoltaic solar energy plant in the Chilean region of Antofagasta.
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- Energy, Environment
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Acumen Joins Power Africa’s Beyond the Grid as Founding Partner
Acumen is proud to be a founding partner of Beyond the Grid, an innovative framework under President Obama’s Power Africa initiative to increase energy access for underserved populations across sub-Saharan Africa. Beyond the Grid will leverage partnerships with investors and practitioners committing to invest over $1 billion into off-grid and small scale solutions for this underserved market.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy
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Africa: Private Capital Fuels Power Production – U.S. Energy Secretary Moniz
The theme of the energy ministerial is 'Catalyzing Sustainable Energy Growth in Africa'. The 'Electrify Africa' legislation sponsored by Republican Representative Ed Royce, with 117 bipartisan cosponsors, calls for a comprehensive U.S. policy to promote more access to electricity across Africa. It passed the U.S. House of Representatives on 8 May and now goes to the Senate for consideration. What can you tell us about it?
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- Energy, Environment
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A Renewable Proposition (Part 2): Why the sun is shining on West Africa and solar microgrids
This is the second of a two-part article on Persistent Energy Partners (PEP) and its first acquisition in Ghana. In this post, we take a closer look at PEP’s first acquisition and its position in the pay-as-you-go solar sector for low-income markets.
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- Energy
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- impact investing, solar
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