A new report by the Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy (ISEP) highlights the unreliability of power supply in India's rural Jharkhand state. A senior official speaking at the report launch event stated that inefficiencies in the management of power utilities are one of the biggest challenges in ensuring 24x7 power supply. https://www.powerforall.org/insights/asia/more-one-third-households-rural-jharkhand-dissatisfied-grid-supply-report
Every year, 24 million newborn infants need vaccines in India. The efficient practice of cold chain management is therefore key to ensuring that the benefits of vaccination are sustained. Power for All's latest Technology Spotlight highlights essential off-grid solar equipment that is needed in the vaccines’ supply chain. https://www.powerforall.org/resources/infographics/technology-spotlight-cold-chain-health-india
As part of the ongoing Powering Jobs Campaign, the global report for 2022 is complete, after gathering inputs from peer reviewers, and it is now in the design stage. Our research team has started finalizing the in-country draftseports for India, Kenya, Nigeria, and Ethiopia and these will be ready by the end of July 2022 for peer review. https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-updates-july-2022
Energy access in India is a $48 billion dollar a year opportunity. The country has the most unelectrified people of any country in the world. It is also the biggest single market for distributed renewable energy (DRE) solutions. Below is an infographic that spotlights the momentum and huge untapped potential for DRE in India. https://www.powerforall.org/resources/infographics/india-global-leader-electricty-access
A team at the India Institute of Technology (IIT) in Mumbai has pioneered a new solar electric cookstove for India. Can it bring the two sides of SDG7—clean cooking and electricity access—together? Power for All spoke with team leader, Dr. Chetan Singh Solanki, about a village pilot under way, and the potential to scale. https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/articles/conversation-dr-chetan-singh-solanki-professor-of-technology-science-and-engineering-technology-institute-mumbai
We participated in the launch of the Sustainable Energy Jobs Platform at the IRENA’s 10th General Assembly in Abu Dhabi. Also learn about our participation in upcoming events in India and Nairobi. https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-january-2020
Distributed renewable energy has a major role in enhancing energy access and sustainable development in India. However, it is yet to realize even a small fraction of its potential. https://www.powerforall.org/insights/technologies/going-beyond-grid-future-of-distributed-energy-india
Download the Powering Jobs Census 2022: Focus on India, to understand the growing employment opportunity within the decentralized renewable energy (DRE) sector and to learn how the sector's job growth bounced back from the devastating COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.powerforall.org/resources/reports/powering-jobs-census-2022-focus-india
Schneider Electric has pledged to train 1 million people as renewable energy technicians by 2025. This video explains their Access to Energy effort and their success so far in training more than 100,000. In October last year, Schneider signed an MoU with India to establish a center to train trainers and to setup not less than 100 vocational centers to train, in particular, unemployed youth in the field of energy management and solar energy. In April 2017, they also set up a training center in Ivory Coast. For more perspective, also check out our previous interview with Schneider's Thomas Andre on the need for capacity building. https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/videos/video-1-million-technicians-2025
A new report by India's leading energy access research organization looks at how to boost rural incomes through innovation in distributed clean energy, and the $50 billion opportunity for new livelihood appliances. https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/interviews/conversation-abhishek-jain-ceew