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18 K Villages electrifie and 10% of country energy from RE by 2012
The federal government has set a medium scale goal of electrification of 18,000 remote villages and meeting 10 percent of the country?s power supply through RE by the year 2012.
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Topics : Renewable Energy
Ecovillages worldwide
Nice site...helps people in forming ecovillages around the world - Read More
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Gasifiers for village level applications
Reseach in the past shows that compared to gasifiers fueled with wood or agricultural residues, charcoal gasifiers present less operational problems and are be recommeded for village level applications. Micro scale gasification systems (1-10 kw) can be used by small and medium farmers for providing power to irrigation system.
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60% of Indian villages do not have electricity
60% of Indian villages do not have electricity. This situation could undergo a sea-change with far reaching implications if due attention is paid to the development of low-cost lighting and cooking technologies with the help of biofuels, biomass gassifier-based microturbines, nano-engines and other technologies, says energy systems expert Anil K Rajvanshi (2005 article) - Read More
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A 6 billion Indian rural energy opportunity
A $6 billion rural lighting/cooking opportunity seems to be lying untapped in the country early 60 per cent of India's rural population is without electricity and continues to use primitive, wood-based methods to cook food. What an opportunity! - Read More
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Solar LEDs to Provide Light to Indian Villages
Thanks to the Grameen Surya Bijli Foundation (GSBF), a Bombay-based nongovernmental organization, rural villiages all over India once immobilized by darkness can now see the light. GSBF is installed solar-powered LEDs in these poor, rural villages so children can see to study and adults don't have to do chores by the light of a cooking fire - Read More
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Topics : Solar Energy
Solar LEDs to Provide Light to Indian Villages
Thanks to the Grameen Surya Bijli Foundation (GSBF), a Bombay-based nongovernmental organization, rural villiages all over India once immobilized by darkness can now see the light. GSBF is installed solar-powered LEDs in these poor, rural villages so children can see to study and adults don't have to do chores by the light of a cooking fire - Read More
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Topics : Solar Energy