27 January 2012
UN DECLARED 2012 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
More than three billion people in developing countries rely on traditional biomass for cooking and heating. One and a half billion people are without electricity and even when energy services are available, millions of poor people are unable to pay for them. [read more]
27 January 2012
Nepal leads biogas collaboration
Nepal is looking to scale up its flagship household biogas programme, which has made forays into other developing countries in Asia and Africa. [read more]
17 January 2012
Indian villagers' lives transformed by new energy delivery system
A social enterprise is providing low-cost mobile-charging and light services through micro grids in Uttar Pradesh, enabling the poorest to cease relying on kerosene – and to stay connected [read more]
09 January 2012
Solar Power Off the Grid: Energy Access for World’s Poor
More than a billion people worldwide lack access to electricity. The best way to bring it to them — while reducing greenhouse gas emissions — is to launch a global initiative to provide solar panels and other forms of distributed renewable power to poor villages and neighborhoods. [read more]
23 December 2011
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WINNERS of the ENERGY FOR LIFE BEST PRACTICE AWARD 2011
The Energy for Life project partners are proud to announce the winners of the ENERGY FOR LIFE BEST PRACTICE AWARD 2011. [read more]
19 December 2011
2012: the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Recognizing the importance of energy for sustainable development, the United Nations General Assembly has designated, by its resolution 65/151, the year 2012 as the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All. [read more]
12 December 2011
Third World Development and Green Energy
In this decade, the story of humanity’s search for a sustainable energy economy has its focus as much in the developing world as in the advanced nations [read more]
12 December 2011
Could the desert sun power the world?
Green electricity generated by Sahara solar panels is being hailed as a solution to the climate change crisis [read more]
22 November 2011
Eight countries get Climate Investment Funds
Projects worth US$ 1.08 billion, that will help eight developing countries reduce carbon dioxide emissions and mitigate the impact of climate change were approved in the first week of November by the Climate Investment Funds (CIFs). [read more]
24 November 2011
CDM emerging a disincentive for government investment in renewables
The UN’s clean development mechanism (CDM), which allows developing countries to earn credits for investing in clean energy or forestation projects, has come under attack in India, as a ‘perverse’ disincentive for renewable energy technologies. [read more]
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