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 …
Off-grid rural electrification options using crop and woody residues in Côte d’Ivoire show that if all crop and forest residues estimated as available could be used, an estimated 2 million people could be supplied with electricity using two types of technology: combustion and gasification. This supply would cover 57 percent …
The World Bank has approved a $82 million grant to increase access to electricity in five of the poorest provinces of Mozambique. The provinces include Niassa, Nampula, Zambezia, Cabo Delgado and Sofala. The project is also supported through a $66 million Multi-Donor Trust Fund administered by the World Bank. With …
The lack of access to affordable, reliable energy is a barrier to development, whether that be powering autoclaves and centrifuges in rural clinics to improve health indicators or powering local agricultural processing to retain more of the value of production locally. The African Development Bank estimates that 645 million Africans, …
Solar Nigeria for the People Limited (Solar Nigeria FTP), the Nigerian subsidiary of Solar Philippines has signed a Community Agreement with Ode Omi Community to invest about half a million dollars to build Nigeria's largest rural minigrid. Signing the agreement, the Country Director of Solar Nigeria FTP, Dr. Tobi A. …
About Rs 2.7 lakh crore would be required till FY22 to build the additional electricity transmission system in the country, the National Electricity Plan (NEP) on transmission published by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) said. The money would be spent on the 1.1 lakh circuit kilometres of transmission lines and …
As part of efforts to explore alternative power sources and mainstream innovative youths in community-focused projects, the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration has commenced the installation of 1.5KVA solar power boxes developed by youths at the Edo Innovation Hub, across 100 rural schools in the state. The solar power boxes were …
According to Jaideep Mukherji, CEO, Smart Power India, there has been a lot of progress in Bihar both in terms of connection and hours of electricity supply to households At Lokhariya, an interior village in Araria district, at Sajida Begum’s house is heard the wailing of her 16-day-old grandson, who …
The IRENA/ADFD Project Facility represents a partnership between the two key organisations to promote renewable energy in developing countries. This report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) reviews concrete progress over the first five years of their joint facility to finance …
Awka — AN international organization, Power for All, which is campaigning for the provision of electricity in many African countries, has said that no fewer than 93 million Nigerians lacked access to electricity. Speaking during a workshop on ways of scaling up energy access to the rural and urban communities …
Countries have adopted a range of approaches to the development of mini-grids, aiming to extend energy access to underserved areas or communities. Existing regulations, however, have often been inadequate to de-risk and finance such investments. Off-grid renewables need to be woven into regional and national electrification planning processes as early …
Funds under Gram Jyoti Yojana remain underutilised, deadlines missed Fourteen years after the state started the ambitious project to provide electricity to all, nearly 2.6 lakh households are still living in darkness. The figure could be more because electrification, as per the Central government’s definition, means that if 10 per …
As many as 5,000 households in Sirsa, Fatehabad, Hisar and Bhiwani, considered to be affluent districts of Haryana, are still without electricity in this era of technology. These are besides 14,000 households of Nuh, the most backward district of the state, where people were still living without electricity, but the …
Energy and development experts from across Africa and beyond have called for renewed urgency in the drive to light up and power the continent. With close to 600 million Africans still lacking electricity, they argue that Africa's power deficit must be considered both a crisis and an opportunity to fast-track …
State-run Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) is targeting to increase the exposure to the renewable energy segment in its total loan book to 4-5 per cent by 2022, a top company official said. As of March 31, 2018, its total outstanding loan book stood at Rs 2.39 lakh crore, out of …
For around 3,00,000 households in eight districts of south Odisha, a power connection still remains a dream. The eight districts -- Ganjam, Gajapati, Kandhamal, Boudh, Koraput, Rayagada, Nabarangpur and Malkangiri – are under the power distribution company SOUTHCO. According to SOUTHCO, the non-electrified villages are located in remote hilly jungle …
Tripura government has embarked into a plan to provide power connection to 52,000 odd remote tribal families tapping solar energy by six moths under Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya). Deputy Chief Minister, holding the charge of power Jishnu Dev Varma said here today that providing power supply …
Undergoing the initial stages of the Saubhagya scheme, discoms of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have already flagged rising rural supply as key a contributor towards mounting aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C;) losses. Uttar Pradesh, the largest beneficiary of the Saubhagya scheme, needs to electrify 60,000 households every day to …
11,988 villages provided electricity in nearly four years since BJP came to power At a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s declaration on total electrification has kicked up a storm, a survey has shown over eight lakh households continue to live in dark in rural Maharashtra. The study carried out …
The African Development Bank, (AfDB) says that no fewer than 650 million Africans currently live without electricity. Dr Victor Oladokun, AfDB Director, Communication and Media Relations, disclosed this on Wednesday while welcoming African Journalists on a Media Tour to Saemaul Undong Model village project, in Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire. “About 650 …
Koraput: Residents of at least 20 villages in Laxmipur block in the district have demanded resumption of bauxite mining at the Kodingamali hill situated in the area. The villagers said that they used to eke out a living by getting engaged in the mining activities and that they had lost …
