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Financial innovations spur renewable energy investment in global markets
Investment firms, financiers and energy companies around the globe are introducing innovative new funding vehicles aimed at renewable energy investment.
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- Energy
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11 Ingenious Solar Projects Impacting the Developing World
It's easy to take energy for granted, forgetting that throughout much of the world, a lack of power affects everything from business to education to matters of life and death. Approximately 1.5 billion people still don't have access to electricity worldwide, with an additional 1 billion having only intermittent access.
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- Energy, Technology
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- solar
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8 Defining Milestones in India’s Social Enterprise Landscape
As India celebrates its 67th year of freedom on Thursday (Aug. 15), it seems poignant to pause and reflect on eight milestones that have played an important role in shaping India’s social enterprise landscape and the lessons they teach us.
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- Energy, Social Enterprise
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Put Down the Champagne, Pick Up the Computer Mouse: For Solar Power To Reach Poor Consumers, the Focus Must Be On Results
The 2013 World Economic Forum in Davos launched with the theme "Resilient Dynamism." Although I have never attended Davos, the international gathering of dignitaries did remind me somewhat of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) conference, ‘Sustainable Energy Strategies in Low and Middle-Income Economies,’ in November. Is there a better way to support BoP businesses? The answer is yes.
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- Energy
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Engineering Answers on ‘DEMAND’: A new global review of engineering successes in development
At the bottom of many a development money pit is poor design. Fortunately, engineers can help prevent funding sinkholes from opening in the first place. With that in mind, we’re pleased to announce the online debut of a new magazine for engineers and the global development community, DEMAND, ASME’s Global Development Review.
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- Education, Energy, Technology
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‘Light Up Their Lives,’ Student-Created Ads Ask
A cause marketing campaign from a global seller of electrical equipment and services is borrowing a thought from a proverb, declaring that it is better to give away a light than curse the darkness.
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- Energy
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“Charge the world, change the world.”
The campaign is on behalf of Schneider Electric, a French company with operations in more than 100 countries including the United States.
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- Energy, Impact Assessment
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Poor Countries Need Relief From Climate Change. They Need Electricity More.
Last week, environmental campaigners walked out en masse from the U.N. climate talks taking place in Warsaw. The conference hadn’t been shaping up to be a great success: During the meetings, Japan announced that, rather than cutting its greenhouse gas emissions by one-quarter below 1990 levels, it would actually increase them by 3 percent, largely because of the country’s decision to end its nuclear program.
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- Energy
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