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This ‘Eco Stove’ Does More Than Cook Your Dinner
In Uganda, more than 28 million people in the country are without electricity. To put that into perspective, the entire population of the beautiful landlocked east-central African nation is less than 38 million people.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy, solar
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Press Release: U.S. Small Business Administration’s Impact Investment Fund Grows Threefold in Last 12 Months
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that the Impact Investment Fund of the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program has tripled in the last 12 months.
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- Education, Energy, Technology
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MIT-USAID Program Releases Pioneering Evaluation of Solar Lanterns
When a person lives on less than $2 a day — as some 2.7 billion people around the world do — there isn’t room for a product like a solar lantern or a water filter to fail. It’s a challenge development agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and consumers themselves face every day: With so many products on the market, how do you choose the right one?
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- Energy, Impact Assessment
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Schneider Electric Introduces Innovative Solar Street Lights
Schneider Electric has announced the introduction of a new range of innovative energy efficient maintenance-free Solar Streetlights popularly known as Villaya.
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- Energy
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Liter of Light Wins Zayed Future Energy Prize
Litre of Light, a project in partnership with PepsiCo that brings cost effective solar lighting solutions to communities in need while recycling plastic bottles, has been honoured as the winning entry in the Zayed Future Energy Prize Non-Profit Organization category.
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- Energy
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- Europe & Eurasia
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- renewable energy, solar
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Institutional Investors Making Renewables Key Future Trend
Institutional investors are increasingly aligning their investments with energy technologies of the future, a new report claims.
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- Energy
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- Europe & Eurasia
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SunEdison, Adani to Invest $4 bln in Indian Solar Panel Plant
Solar power firm SunEdison and Indian conglomerate Adani Enterprises plan to invest up to $4 billion in what would be one of India's largest solar panel makers, a boost for Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he hosts an investment summit.On the sidelines of Modi's Vibrant Gujarat gathering of statesmen and business leaders, the two firms said on Sunday that the new joint venture project would manufacture low-cost photovoltaic solar panels, helping turn sunlight directly into electricity at cheaper rates.Solar energy in India costs up to 50 percent more than power from sources like coal.
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- Energy
- Region
- South Asia
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- renewable energy, solar
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5 Success Factors for Technology Distribution and Adoption in the Last Mile
How can innovative technologies be distributed and adopted at scale in the last mile? This is a key question driving social enterprises and nonprofits aiming to leverage the power of innovative products designed for the poor. Kopernik, a nonprofit headquartered in Indonesia, has consolidated its observations into five key factors – factors that Project Manager Tomohiro Hamakwa hopes will be useful for other enterprises hoping to make market inroads.
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- Energy, Social Enterprise
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