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Cell Phones Bring Power to Africans Living Off the Grid
Fenix International, a San Francisco startup making solar-power systems for people with no access to electricity grids, is expanding in Africa through a partnership with the continent’s largest wireless carrier.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Human Waste as Sustainable Energy? This High School Student Made It Happen
Despite how gross you may think it is, there are some upsides of human waste that are worth talking about.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy, waste
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BBOXX to provide Togo with 300,000 solar home solutions
As part of its Vision 2030 plan, Togo drew up a gameplan focused on providing its population with access to electricity through a renewable-energy mix.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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IFC to invest $5-6 b in Indian sustainability projects
International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private-sector lending and investment arm of World Bank, is considering investing $5-6 billion towards sustainability projects in India.
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- Energy
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- South Asia
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Village women transform into clean energy entrepreneurs in Nepal initiative
Since it began operations in 2012, Empower Generation has created over 20 women-led businesses, employing 300 female distribution agents who go from village-to-village, selling, maintaining and collecting repayments for products.
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- Energy, Environment
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- South Asia
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- renewable energy
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Japan vows to ramp up efforts to export renewable energy technology
Emphasizing that energy demand will only grow in China and Southeast Asia, Kishida noted in a message read to a symposium hosted by the ministry in Tokyo that "Japan's environmental technologies will greatly contribute to Asian nations' (transition)."
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- renewable energy
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Off-Grid Devices Draw Drinking Water from Dry Air
Robust systems are being developed that rely on readily available energy from the sun, are scalable and can work even in arid regions—where a third of the world’s population lives, often in poverty.
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- Environment, Technology
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Three Ways Entrepreneurs Can Tackle Climate Change (Hint: It’s Not Just About Scale)
There are ways entrepreneurs can make sizeable impacts on climate change without Facebook-like growth curves. Jean-Louis Racine says investors should follow the lead of the venture capital sector and support startups that won't grow or be profitable. Traditional impact metrics such as goods sold, customers served, revenues generated or jobs created no longer apply. The best way to catalyze a climate technology market is to help ensure that innovative high-risk, low-growth ventures don't fall through the cracks.
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
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