Financing the end of extreme poverty
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Finance
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US bets $150m on renewable energy
Bags of cash are being thrown at high-risk, high-reward research by the Department of Energy. New Scientist takes a look at the lucky recipients.
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Finmin offers to pay 1/3rd of oilcos demand
THE finance ministry is unwilling to pay the entire Rs 31,700 crore demanded as compensation by the petroleum ministry on behalf of the state-owned oil companies
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Private financing of renewable energy: a guide for policymakers
This Guide provides an outline of how financing renewable energy works, with a particular focus on more mature end of the market i.e. the proven technologies that can be deployed now and at scale. It aims to show how policy looks and where it fits in from a financing perspective; as well as the range of other factors that need to be taken into account in doing an actual project or deal.
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ADB to provide $200 mn for power projects in Assam
The finance ministry and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed an agreement worth $60.3 million today for the Assam Power Sector Enhancement Investment Program in Guwahati. The loan is the first tranche under ADB
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Investing in sustainable energy futures: Multilateral Development Banks investments in energy policy
The electricity sector lies at the nexus of two urgent global imperatives: powering economic activities and livelihoods and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the use of fossil fuels. The international community is looking to multilateral development banks (MDBs) to help developing countries balance these sometimes conflicting imperatives.
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Capacity development for scaling up decentralized energy access programmes
This study highlights the central role of capacity development for scaling up rural energy service delivery and to catalyze private financing for achieving universal energy access and the MDGs. Although it takes considerable upfront public investment to kick-start capacity development, once these investments have been made they can attract substantial financing from private sources.
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Banks seek nod to float tax-free debt to fund green projects
<p> </p> <p>BANKERS have asked the Centre to allow them to float tax-free long-tenure bonds to finance solar projects which are facing funding problems. Bankers said they were not averse to financing these projects, but there were certain issues that needed resolution.</p>
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Centre assures funds to Arunchal Pradesh
ITANAGAR, Sep 17 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh was today assured of funds by the Centre for border management and integrated development of the power sector. "The UPA government is aware of Arunachal's problems and is working for infrastructure development of this landlocked state," Union Minister of State for Planning and Parliamentary Affairs V Narayanasamy told reporters here. Funds would be p
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Reaching for the sun
<p>A special report on the succesful micro-financed solar energy systems programme by Grameen Shakti in Bangladesh's rural areas. This is perhaps worlds's fastest growing rural renewable energy programme managed by Grameen Shakti with an extensive on-the-ground presence and service network of 1,159 offices staffed by 8,975 employees across the country.</p>
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Modernizing energy services for the poor
This study focuses on the World Bank