This study has been undertaken by TERI and IGES supported by AEI, Energy for All Initiative and the ADB and it focuses on what Asia has to offer by way of practice in addressing energy access and expansion of clean energy to the international dialogue on an institutional framework for sustainable development (IFSD). The [...]
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will lend $103 million to Reliance Power Ltd. to help finance a solar plant in Rajasthan state that will power homes and businesses in India and help bring the country closer to its ambitious solar power generation goals. The plant will be one of the largest solar plants in [...]
Punam Energy Pvt Ltd (ONergy) is a renewable energy enterprise established in Kolkata (2009), led by a strong mission to provide solar energy to 1 million lives by 2016. ONergy is led by a team of young professionals and has won various awards and been recognized by institutions such as IIM, IIT, TiE and internalltionally [...]
Frontier Markets (FM) is a sales and service distribution company for affordable clean energy products to improve connectivity in rural India for the BOP. FM partners with local channels and trains field staff and local sales agents to educate, relate and reach households through our own wholesale and retail points providing low-income households (BOP) access [...]
Roundtable on “Learning from emerging energy innovations in Asia with a focus on energy access/clean energy: Contributing to the discourse on an institutional framework for sustainable development” , 31st January, 2012 (9.30 am- 5.30pm) The UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD Rio+20) in June 2012 will focus on two themes: (a) a green economy in [...]
In advance of the regional roll out and the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit, some five modern lighting manufacturers or project developers and a same number of people from TERI were present for the WG discussion that focused on how to move forward and scale up. The manufacturers indicated that they would like to have [...]
On the sidelines of the regional roll-out and the Dehli Sustainable Development Summit, the Energy for All Steering Committee met in the afternoon on the 31st January 2012 in New Delhi to discuss latest developments in the Energy for All Partnership. In his opening remarks, Gil-Hong Kim, Director of ADB´s Regional Sustainable Infrastructure Division (RSID) [...]
At the 2011 Australian Engineering Excellence Awards dinner, the Bushlight India Project was awarded the highest honour by winning the Sir William Hudson Award for engineering excellence. This gala event was hosted by Engineers Australia’s National President, Merv Lindsay, at the Great Hall of Parliament House Canberra on Wednesday 23 November. The Engineers Australia Sir [...]
Harish Hande, co-founder and Managing Director of Selco India, visited ADB yesterday to present the company and its incredible success of providing access to energy to more than 100,000 people in rural India. Harish Hande, a solar engineer educated in the US, started SELCO 1995 with an initial loan from Winrock International to pioneer [...]
Greenlight Planet combines cutting-edge technology with innovative distribution networks to commercialize low-power LED lanterns. The technology is long lasting and affordable enough that villagers can purchase them immediately in cash, thus can profitably reach hundred millions of people. Current activities on Energy for All: We design, manufacture and sell useful but unfamiliar solar-powered lanterns to [...]
There are different ways to get involved with the Energy For All Partnership and get the communication going:
