Roadmap prepared to replace one-third of diesel-run irrigation pumps with solar pump systems in 15 years; will save $480 million in fuel cost a year Farmers in Bangladesh burn one million tons of diesel to irrigate 3.4 million hectares of cropland each year. The country has to foot a staggering $1.2 billion import bill a […]
The poor must be included as change agents in the roadmap for clean energy
The immediate priority is to better target central aid for the poor. We identify three ideas that build and improve existing programmes, and should be prioritised by the Ministry of Finance in making budgetary allocations. All are important for ensuring the welfare of the poor. The UNION Power minister has reasserted the government’s commitment to […]
New York’s latest Innovation Challenge targets long duration energy storage startups
The development of systems capable of storing over six hours of energy economically is being supported in New York with an Innovation Challenge launched by the New York Power Authority (NYPA) and Urban Future Lab, a cleantech innovation centre. Also aimed at supporting promising new technologies and business models for electric vehicles (EVs) and their […]
