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Rice Husks + Innovation = Renewable Energy

By Prerna Srivastava | Published: June 3, 2008

India has been found to be particularly fertile ground for experimentation with renewable energy initiatives. The latest version of Ernst & Young’s “Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index” reaffirms this fact, ranking India as the third most attractive market…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged Agriculture, Bihar, carbon emissions, consumption, electricity, Enabler, Energy, Environment, Ernst & Young, foreign, Government, Husk Power Systems, Innovation, Kyoto Protocol, ranking, Renewable, renewable energy, Renewables, rice husks, Rural, rural development, rural India, SKS, Social Entrepreneurship, Technology | 15 Comments

Hazaaron Clean Energy Aisi?

By Vinay Ganti | Published: April 24, 2008

For those of you not fluent in Hindi (haha, i’m certainly not!), the title of this post refers to the poem by Ghalib, A Thousand Desires Like These (also the title of an excellent film on youth revolution…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged Andhra Pradesh, clean energy, clean energy project, Energy, Environment, film, Government, Hindi, iGovernment, Kyoto Protocol, youth | Leave a comment

TC-I Tidbits

By Vinay Ganti | Published: April 21, 2008

Here is your daily dose of headlines about innovative or anti-innovative ideas from around the country:

Microfinance
- ACCESS Development Services and Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development will work to build cooperation between Europe and India

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Posted in Primary | Also tagged ACCESS Development Services, Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development, Allianz, Andhra Pradesh, autism, Bajaj Allianz, BoP, civilian nuclear program, clean energy, clean energy project, climate change, Convention on Nuclear Safety, economy, Education, electricity, Energy, Environment, Finance/Credit, global warming, Government, Health, Housing, hydro-electric power, Insurance, Kyoto Protocol, Maharashtra, MFI, Microcapital., Microcapital.org, Microfinance, NGO, NGOs and Non-profits, NRIs, OneWorld, pets, Policy, power lines, PPP, private tuitions, ProPoor, ProPoor.org, Pune, Rajiv Swagruha, shortage, SKS, SKS microfinance, SRI, Sri Lanka, Standard Chartered, teachers, Tidbits, Visakhapatnam | Leave a comment

Headlines from the weekend

By Vinay Ganti | Published: March 10, 2008

Here are some stories from various news sources:

Water Aid works hard to increase water access for women

Gender inequality and the lack of sanitation and drinking water are woven into a vicious trap. As women

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Posted in Primary | Also tagged 429 cities, Bangalore, Basic Rights, BoP, Carbon Offsets, CFLs, CSR, drinking water, Energy, Energy efficiency, Environment, Gender, Germany, Government, Health, Health Mission, Kyoto Protocol, Monitor, National Urban Health Mission (NUHM), NGOs and Non-profits, OSRAM, RWE, Sanitation, slum, slums, Social Entrepreneurship, water access, Water Aid, WaterAid, Women's Rights | Leave a comment

CFLs to replace incandescent bulbs in pilot project

By Vinay Ganti | Published: February 20, 2008

From the Hindu:

BANGALORE: The Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) is in the process of launching an ambitious energy conservation project for the replacement of incandescent bulbs in households with highly energy-efficient Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs).

The pilot project, which

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Posted in Primary | Also tagged Bangalore, BESCOM, Carbon Offsets, CFLs, conservation, electricity, Energy, Environment, Government, Kyoto Protocol, Opportunities, PPP, Rural, The Hindu | Leave a comment

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