Electrification of end-uses and the growth of solar and wind is changing how electricity systems operate on all time scales. This report analyses how seasonal variations in both demand and supply affect electricity system operations to 2050 – in Europe, India, Indonesia and Korea – and what sources will be …
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has introduced a new Solar Power Scheme as part of the Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM JANMAN) aimed at Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) Habitations/Villages. The scheme, covering the period from 2023-24 to 2025-26, focuses on electrifying 1 lakh …
Electrification has been a landmark of economic development for more than a century and electricity continues to find new uses today. The Government of India, after decades of effort and investment, in 2019 declared household electrification to be complete. While no census has been run as confirmation, multiple sources of …
This study examines how Sri Lanka achieved countrywide electrification by 2016 and looks at its socioeconomic impact. It notes that electrification helped raise living standards and triggered rapid development in rural areas, creating new investment opportunities at the national level. The study was initiated by Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Power …
The Audit Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Implementation of Rural Electrification schemes in Jharkhand, Government of Jharkhand, for the year ended 31 March 2020, prepared under Article 151 of the Constitution of India, was submitted to the Governor of Jharkhand on 27 June 2022. The …
This working paper proposes a framework for mainstreaming gender equality and social inclusion in energy system planning in Bangladesh. The paper also establishes a methodology for measuring and comparing community and energy system resilience to extreme weather events and clarifies how the proposed project design framework can be piloted in …
The Bangladesh Solar Home Systems (SHS) Program is the largest national program in the world for off-grid electrification. Begun in 2003, SHS installations under the Program ended in 2018. It is the longest, continuously operating off-grid electrification program in the world. The SHS Program was led and implemented by the …
The purpose of this study is to provide practical guidance and recommendations to the Government of Sierra Leone for the sustainable development of the country’s mini-grid sector by building upon lessons learned from the ongoing Rural Renewable Energy Project (RREP) as well as from mini-grid sector development in Nigeria. Important …
Provision of modern energy services to communities grappling with poverty and inequality can have a transformative effect on economic standing, health, education, poverty, and inequality. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with Goal 7 dedicated to energy, sets the target to achieve universal access to electricity by 2030. To date …
Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia is notable for the scale and speed with which it has provided clean solar electricity. In the space of 4 years the programme has provided 168,000 households, or 875,810 people who mostly live in lower income rural or semi-rural areas of Zambia with clean …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Electrification of every village of the country, 10/12/2019. As reported by the States, all the inhabited census villages across the country stand electrified as on 28.04.2019.
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Electrification of Villages, 21/11/2019. As reported by the States, all the inhabited census villages across the country stand electrified as on 28Apr2018. All the States reported electrification of all willing households, on Saubhagya portal, as on 31Mar2019, except few households in LWE affected Bastar …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Electrification of Villages, 21/11/2019. As reported by the States, all the inhabited census villages across the country stand electrified as on 28Apr2018. All the States reported electrification of all willing households, on Saubhagya portal, as on 31Mar2019, except few households in LWE affected Bastar …
This report synthesises available analyses on the role and potential of mini-grids in Kenya and explores how this technology can help the country attain its goal of universal electrification by 2022 and also contribute to the achievement of other related development objectives.
This report synthesises available analyses on the role and potential of mini-grids in Kenya and explores how this technology can help the country attain its goal of universal electrification by 2022 and also contribute to the achievement of other related development objectives.
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Assessment of un-electrified rural households, 23/07/2019. As reported by the States, all inhabited census villages across the country stood electrified on 28.04.2018, including Assam and other North Eastern States. Government of India launched Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana – Saubhagya in October, …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Assessment of un-electrified rural households, 23/07/2019. As reported by the States, all inhabited census villages across the country stood electrified on 28.04.2018, including Assam and other North Eastern States. Government of India launched Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana – Saubhagya in October, …
Many of the enterprises that make up Bangladesh’s dominant nonfarm sector (85 percent of GDP) are located in rural areas. Electrifying them can be a major driving force behind economic growth. This study is a product of the Status of Energy Access Report (SEAR), an initiative of the Energy Sector …
To push the agenda for resource efficiency, the Survey has asked for the formulation of a national policy on the same Shifting focus on sustainable development and infrastructure creation, the Economic Survey this year called for resource optimisation and energy efficiency. The Survey has suggested that India, like several countries …
Dodoma — The Parliamentary Committee on Mineral an Energy has urged the government to construct an oil reserve for the implementation of the Stigler Gorge power project outside the Sellous game reserve in order to avoid environmental hazards. Presenting the committee recommendations after the minister of energy Dr Medard Kalemani …
Widespread use of fuelwood and charcoal for cooking and heating is a notable barrier to achieving development and conservation goals in sub-Saharan Africa, yet previous attempts at introducing better fuel technologies have largely failed. To address energy use at the source, recent efforts are underway that seek to improve adoption …
