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
Blacksmiths and other craftsmen in rural India—with the help of distributed solar power, local financing yet minimal innovation—are creating a path to better livelihoods with the support of SELCO Foundation. https://www.powerforall.org/countries/india/forging-better-lives-solar-india
Our CEO Kristina Skierka was named as African Power and Energy Elites 2020 and we conducted a masterclass on marketing and communications for sector companies at the India Energy for All Summit 2020. Also learn about our participation at the Global Off-Grid Solar Forum in Nairobi. https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-february-2020
As of 2019, 4.3% of India’s rural Primary Health Centres (PHCs) did not have access to electricity. While the upfront cost of a solar system is high for most PHCs, displacing diesel generators with a solar system can save 80% of a health centers’ energy costs while bringing many benefits in improved healthcare services. https://www.powerforall.org/resources/fact-sheets-research-summaries/factsheet-solarizing-rural-health-centers-india
Join us on 27 September 2022 at 11:00 am IST as we launch the findings of the 2022 #PoweringJobs Census 2022: Focus on India. https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/events/2022-poweringjobs-census-2022-focus-india
Below is a series of thematic videos from India that highlight some of the leading work being done across the sector: https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/videos/video-india-energy-access-mini-film-series
Despite huge progress toward 100% electrification in India, a new study finds the reality quite different, with a huge need to focus on customer satisfaction https://www.powerforall.org/countries/india/40-of-rural-consumers-dissatisfied-state-grid-india-report
SELCO has been working with community women in rural India to be on-the-ground business associates for DRE products. https://www.powerforall.org/insights/asia/womens-energy-entrepreneurship-has-potential-address-sdgs
In this episode of the Power for All podcast, a forum for leaders working to end energy poverty, Power for All speaks with Shaily Jha of the Council on Energy, Environment, and Water (CEEW). Shaily is CEEW’s energy access program lead, works in access to clean cooking with a focus on gender and social inclusion, leads the work on integrating a gender lens and empowering livelihoods, a USD 3 million initiative. The conversation is based on CEEW’s recent report -- Improving Women's Productivity and Incomes through Clean Energy in India. https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/interviews/interview-shaily-jha-improving-womens-productivity-and-incomes-through-clean-energy
Power for All’s report "Powering Jobs Census 2022: Focus on India'' envisages a strong decentralized renewable energy (DRE) workforce significantly contributing to India's energy transition. https://www.powerforall.org/resources/fact-sheets-research-summaries/fact-sheet-powering-jobs-census-2022-focus-india