By Ashay Abbhi On February 19, 2019, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the prime minister approved the Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthan Mahabhiyan (KUSUM), over a year after it was announced in […]
Around 500 GW of solar panels have been installed worldwide. In India itself, the installed solar capacity has crossed 25 GW and the country is expected to add over 11 GW over the next few […]
For more than a decade, Jiyalal’s four bighas of cultivable land in Tarapur Naya Gaon village in the Mashobra block of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh, had been rendered barren. The reason, monkeys and boars that […]
By Anita Khuller Due to the limited domestic production of petroleum products, India is compelled to import over 80 per cent of its fuel requirement. The country’s energy security cannot improve until alternative fuels are […]
It is pitch dark as we near Nagwa village, 150 km from Varanasi. No lights emanate from any of the hamlets that we cross. Then, we see a bunch of barefoot boys and girls emerge […]
It takes more than two hours of a back-breaking drive of just 28 km on a bumpy, winding kuchha road from Rohtas to reach Rehal, situated at a height of 2,400 feet above sea level […]
Providing energy access to rural India is not an easy task. Selecting villages with willing and able stakeholders, offering the right solutions, and nurturing partnerships amongst various stakeholders are of paramount importance. Amasebail village in […]
Renewable energy-based microgrids have proved to be a viable business model in the off-grid space. However, only a few players have created a success story on the back of this model. One of these is […]
Despite the government’s efforts to increase the availability of grid power in rural and remote regions, nearly 50 per cent of the country’s rural population still has little or no access to grid-based electricity and […]
Connecting remote areas to the grid continues to be a daunting task for the government. Of the 15,019 villages electrified over the past two years, only 8 per cent have achieved 100 per cent household […]
Providing reliable power supply to India’s 73 million rural households is crucial for unlocking the country’s full economic potential. Households that do not have access to the electricity grid rely on inefficient and often dangerous […]
There is little doubt about the importance of electricity for the economic and social development of an economy. Yet, more than a billion people across the globe do not have access to electricity and many of […]
As global markets transform rapidly, various non-traditional markets are opening up, bringing new products, services and business models. These changes, which have been largely driven by the opportunities arising from the challenges of rapid urbanisation, […]
Until recently, a large part of the population in many parts of the country still centred their activities from sunrise to sunset, as there was no electricity in their villages. However, with improving economy, technology, […]
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