Rural Electrification

Managing the seasonal variability of electricity demand and supply

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 …

Renewed project for village electrification across Cachar

A review meeting on centrally sponsored schemes for the district was held in the conference hall of DC office on Monday. The issues related to projects regarding electrification of the district was discussed in the meeting. Speaking on the issue, Sushmita Dev, MP Silchar, said that for electrification of entire …

India’s tapped solar potential is still under one percent: study

India's solar power potential estimated at 749 GW while the tapped solar power output is still under one percent All this while the National Institute of Solar Energy has estimated India’s solar power potential at 749 GW. The study also revealed that installed solar power capacity in India grew from …

Israeli biogas digesters energise isolated Palestinian village

Palestinian villagers living in desolate, off-grid areas in the West Bank have begun using Israeli-made biogas generators that supply free, clean energy by gobbling up organic waste. The portable, household "anaerobic digesters" made by Israeli start-up company HomeBioGas turn food leftovers and manure into methane for cooking and lighting. They …

Power production in Bihar is zero, says Piyush Goyal

‘Not a single unit is generated by State govt-owned power plants’.In the poll-bound Bihar when Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was inaugurating projects worth Rs 19,499 crore, Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday punctured his tall claims of power development saying power production in Bihar was “zero”. He also asked …

Delhi govt clears 315 projects for rural villages

In a major move to improve the infrastructure of rural villages in the national capital, the Delhi government on Thursday cleared 315 schemes worth Rs.480.99 crore. The decision was taken in a meeting of Delhi Rural Development Board chaired by Rural Development Minister Gopal Rai. The schemes will mainly cover …

A new Africa energy world: a more positive power utilities outlook

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Africa released its power and utilities sector survey 2015 recently. The survey, which looked at the future of electricity in Africa, involved 51 senior power and utility sector participants from 15 countries on the continent - Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, …

Kenya: Rural Electrification Authority Installs Solar Power in 33 Schools

Nairobi — The Rural Electrification Authority (REA) in partnership with Davis and Shirtliff has completed a Sh58m project to install solar systems in 33 public primary schools in Tana River and Lamu counties. This will see over 6,000 students in the two coastal counties gain access to electricity as the …

Ethiopia: Rural Electrification Increases Contributions to Green Economy

The Rural Electrification Fund Office (RE) plans to buy and distribute 4,404 solar home systems (SHS) and 24 institutional solar systems in 2015/16. It is also working on a new five-year project for the purchase and distribution of 200,000 SHS and 600,000 improved cook stoves. These projects are part of …

Rise in rural household electrification: NSSO

A report published by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) on Thursday revealed a sharp 24 percentage points drop in the number of rural households using kerosene for lighting, and an equal increase in electrified households since 1999-2000, the date of the last such relevant survey. Titled 'Energy Sources of …

A Laptop-Sized Solar Panel Is Lighting Rural Africa

In the past, the 18-year-old would have to find light elsewhere when his family's off-grid home in the village of Ndela, 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of then Kenyan capital, ran out of paraffin. That's changed since his mother, Rebecca, signed up with M-Kopa, a Nairobi-based provider of solar-lighting systems. …

PM promises 24 hour electricity in villages

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking on his radio show Mann ki Baat on Sunday, promised to ensure that all villages in the country get 24-hour electricity under the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana launched by him in Patna on Saturday. Talking about the Northeast, Mr Modi said that under …

4 villages brought under rural power network in Gaibandha

Four villages under Fulchhari upazila of the district were brought under rural electrification network by Gaibandha Palli Biddyut Samity (GPBS) on Friday, reports BSS. On the occasion, a simple ceremony was held on the premises of Maser Vita Govt. Primary School of the upazila with Area Director of the Samity …

Electrification in the 8 villages of Dowarabazar

Muhibur Rahman MP of Chatok- Dowarabazar constituency inaugurated the electrification in the 8 villages of Dohalia union under Dowarabazar upazila in Sunamganj district on Saturday. The villages that come under electricity facility are: Protabpur, Angang, Rajonpur, BangabandhuBazar, Shibpur, Kitterajonpur, Ulura and Panail. Later at that evening, Muhibur Rahman MP spoke …

Over 3.5 million Solar Home Systems installed in rural areas

DHAKA : More than 3.5 million Solar Home Systems have been installed in the country’s rural areas under Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development Project, reports UNB. The Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development II (RERED II) Project is providing electricity to rural and remote areas through renewable energy sources. …

Over 3.5 million Solar Home Systems installed in rural areas

DHAKA : More than 3.5 million Solar Home Systems have been installed in the country’s rural areas under Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development Project, reports UNB. The Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development II (RERED II) Project is providing electricity to rural and remote areas through renewable energy sources. …

A path to prosperity: renewable energy for Islands

A Path to Prosperity: Renewable Energy for Islands presents a compilation of case studies from small island developing states (SIDS) and development partners. These demonstrate real-life project viability, highlight innovative solutions and showcase successful partnerships, which together are advancing the deployment of renewable energy in SIDS. This second edition – …

New renewable energy model combines solar, bio-gas and H2

To provide 24x7 uninterrupted power from renewable energy sources, experts from the UK and IITs are now working together to create a new model which combines the best of solar power, biomass energy and hydrogen. The first-of-its-kind UK-India experimental Bio-CPV project on development and integration of biomass and concentrating photovoltaic …

REA mulls power to 1.2m rural residents by 2020

THE Rural Energy Agency (REA) envisages supplying 1,250,000 rural dwellers with electricity in the next five years, thanks to about 900bn/- that the government has set aside to support the grand project. REA Chairman Edmund Mkwawa, releasing the agency report on implementation of rural energy projects in Dar es Salaam …

Solar power for schools in remote parts

The chief minister has instructed environment minister Dr Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar to install solar power in 300 schools situated in remote areas. While placing the budget for his department, Dr Ghosh Dastidar said that they have already set up solar power electrification in 100 schools located in remote districts. The …

Tanzania: Rural Electrification Calls for Sustainable Partnership

RECENT reports say that electrification rate has grown from 10 per cent in 2007, to 36 per cent in 2015, and this rate is expected to reach 75 per cent by 2025 and 100 per cent by 2030 which is the year set aside globally for Sustainable Energy for All. …

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