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Scale Versus Substance? Lessons from a Context-Responsive Approach to Market-Based Stove Development in Western Kenya
Improved stoves targeted at the 2.6 billion people worldwide that use solid biomass for cooking have not been taken up in the numbers expected by...
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Analysis of Decision-Making for Off-Grid Rural Electrification in Colombia
Due to their implicit costs, the technology options currently selected to expand national energy production and to provide energy to off-grid areas...
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Experience from First Solar Mini Grid Service in Bangladesh
A 100 kW Solar mini grid service in the remote off-grid rural market of Sandwip island of Bangladesh has shown technical and commercial viability for...
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Exploring the Barriers to Impact Investing in the Sustainable Energy Area in West Africa
Impact investing can be an important investment vehicle as part of the development of sustainable energy projects in West Africa, especially in rural...
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Demand Assessment of Solar Electrification in Off-Grid Rural Communities of Pakistan Through Microfinancing of Solar Home Systems
The following paper documents the methodologies used and findings of a demand assessment for microfinanced Solar Home Systems in rural households in...
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How Big is Small? Enough to not Breathe Oil!
Health risks due to indoor air pollution (IAP) from inefficient domestic burning processes for cooking or lighting are not breaking news. But the...
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The Energy Centre Model: An Approach to Village Scale Energy Supply
A model for off-grid, village scale power supply has been developed through the Solar Transitions research project, led by the University of Oslo....
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The Role of Gender Concerns in the Planning of Small-Scale Energy Projects in Develo** Countries
Energy poverty affects women in develo** countries more severely than it affects men; at the same time, women have less control over household...
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Innovative Energy Access for Remote Areas: “The LUAV-Light up a Village” Project
The Light-up a village (LUAV) program is a rural development initiative designed to improve access to modern energy solutions in remote areas of...
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Financing Energy Efficiency and Climate Adaptation Measures on Household Level in Kyrgyzstan—Market Based Approaches in a Post-soviet Country?
This paper explores the potential of innovative financing tools to foster the implementation of energy efficiency measures such as thermal...
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A Concept of DC Nano-Grid for Low Cost Energy Access in Rural Bangladesh
Energy access is one of the major impediments in popularizing renewable energy based energy solutions for rural areas of the develo** countries...
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How to Scale up Green Microfinance? A Comparative Study of Energy Lending in Peru
Among the green microfinance initiatives, energy lending still appears to lack long-term sustainability, and therefore remain difficult to up-scale....
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Lessons from the Edge
Lessons learned by the Army in changing how it meets energy needs on the battlefield can well inform how energy solutions are brought to rural areas...
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Introduction
The fifth IPCC report on climate change [1–3] essentially confirmed the statements of the fourth report of 2007. Warnings about man-made global...
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Middle East
With a population of 209 million inhabitants, the Middle East generates a GDP (PPP) of around $2,720 billion ($ of 2007). About 50 % of this is...
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G-20
The G-20 group includes the G-8 countries, emerging economies and the EU-27. In 2011 the group had a population of 4,527 million or 65 % of the...
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OECD-34
The 34 countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) had in 2011 a population of 1,241 million (Fig. 4.1), which is...
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European Union EU-27
The EU of 27 nations had, in 2011, over half a billion inhabitants (Fig. 5.1). Taking account of purchasing power parity (PPP), this generates a GDP...
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G-20 Countries: Indicators, 2-degree Scenario
To achieve the climate target it is appropriate to set the percentage reduction required by 2030 to a higher value, the higher is the indicator of...
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Power-to-Gas
This chapter provides an overview on the storage technology power-to-gas for the decarbonization of all energy sectors. Other than “negative...