- India
Power for All's work in India is focused on building a powerful, evidence-based global narrative for the country's decentralized renewable energy (DRE) sector. Collaborating closely with key private sector…
- Fact Sheet: Mini-Grids in India: Mini-Grid Finance and Business Models
India has seen rising investment in mini-grids, which can help accelerate India’s universal energy access goals. In our second fact sheet on India mini-grids, we explore the different business…
- India’s Twitterati for electricity access
Power for All has compiled an informal guide of leading voices on Twitter connected to the effort to bring electricity to the 300 million in India without access. India’s Twitterati for…
- India’s Power Surge: A Paradox of Plenty?
…To address those problems, India will have to employ a diverse and creative set of solutions. India’s power sector has undergone a transformation. In just five years India has reduced its…
- India: All Homes Electrified by 2019
Is it now or never for decentralized renewable energy in India? India: All Homes Electrified by 2019 :: Power For All Contact Resources Reports Fact Sheets & Research Summaries Infographics Action Plans Insights Technologies…
- Small hydro target moved up in India
NITI Aayog, the government policy think tank in India, has recommended that the country’s Small Hydro Power (SHP) target of 5 GW by 2022 be advanced to 2019–20, which it…
- Crowdfunding tapped as new finance path for rural electrification in India
With access to affordable, long-term finance still a challenge in India for last-mile energy infrastructure, creative solutions are seeing the light of day, including crowdfunding Crowdfunding tapped as new finance…
- Customer Perception in India
More rural customers in India prefer electricity supplied by mini-grids than state grids, while two-fifths of consumption comes from agriculture, according to Smart Power India (SPI). Customer Perception in India…
- Multi-Billion Dollar Africa-India Partnership Aims to Eradicate Electricity Poverty
As this CNBC Africa interview with Power for All shows, the pieces are falling into place for an important collaboration between India and Africa to end energy poverty. The stakes are high…
- India's leading mini-grid program shows momentum
The leading renewable energy mini-grid effort in India is showing promising initial results. The Rockefeller Foundation’s USD 75 million Smart Power for Rural Development (SPRD) initiative aims to catalyze economic…
- Behind the Washington Post Headline: The Untold Success of India's Mini-Grid Solar Revolution
In a recent article by the Washington Post titled "India joins rush to renewables, but its rural solar systems fall off grid", the tone suggests that India's efforts in…
- Research Summary: Sad State of Support for Distributed Energy in India
…New data reveals that India’s government is giving short shrift to decentralized renewables when handing out energy subsidies. Research Summary: Sad State of Support for Distributed Energy in India :: Power For…
- It’s time for a grid, mini-grid marriage in India
India is pursuing national electrification at a breakneck pace, but in order for last-mile connectivity to become a reality for all Indians, better coordination is needed between grid operators and private…
- Powering Jobs Census 2019: Focus on India
…Focus on India, to understand the growing employment opportunity within the decentralized renewable energy (DRE) sector, and within the communities gaining access to electricity for the first time. In India, direct, formal…
- India: National Access Target Good; National DRE Better; State DRE Best
…Smart Power for Rural Development India: National Access Target Good; National DRE Better; State DRE Best William Brent March 02, 2017 India grabbed headlines in April 2015 when the Modi government pledged…
- Stage Set for Women to Lead a Solar-Powered Gender Revolution in Rural India
A growing movement of companies and civil society groups is helping women in rural India become solar entrepreneurs and improve their livelihoods. Now the key is scale. Stage Set for Women to…
- 2022 #PoweringJobs Census 2022: Focus on India
…Focus on India. 2022 #PoweringJobs Census 2022: Focus on India Contact Resources Reports Fact Sheets & Research Summaries Infographics Action Plans Insights Technologies Finance Policy Africa Asia Impact News & Media Articles Campaign Updates…
- Fact Sheet: Mini-Grids In India: Mini-Grid Market Highlights and Policy
As one the world’s leading mini-grid markets, India can scale the role of private rural utilities to help meet domestic and international energy access challenges. In the first of two…
- “Green Fund” needed to unlock finance and achieve India's clean energy goals
Momentum is building as India moves towards meeting its clean energy targets. Recognizing the tremendous growth potential and opportunity to overhaul India’s energy sector, the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy…
- Fact Sheet: Powering Jobs Census 2022: Focus on India
Powering Jobs India reveals employment prospect in energy access. Fact Sheet: Powering Jobs Census 2022: Focus on India Contact Resources Reports Fact Sheets & Research Summaries Infographics Action Plans Insights Technologies Finance Policy…
- “Green Fund” needed to unlock finance and achieve India’s clean energy goals
Momentum is building as India moves towards meeting its clean energy targets. Recognizing the tremendous growth potential and opportunity to overhaul India’s energy sector. “Green Fund” needed to unlock finance and…
- India: Ground Zero for Scaling Electricity Access and SDG7
…DRE must take a front seat if India is to provide universal access. Here are some reasons why. States and the private sector India has already decided that states and the private…
- Video: India Energy Access Mini Film Series
Below is a series of thematic videos from India that highlight some of the leading work being done across the sector: Video: India Energy Access Mini Film Series :: Power For All Contact…
- India energy future needs to be less ad hoc, more distributed
Arunabha Ghosh, the CEO of leading research institute Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), lays out a vision for how to build an inclusive, resilient, sustainable energy future in India that…
- India: Ground zero for scaling electricity access and SDG7
…DRE must take a front seat if India is to provide universal access. Below are five reasons why. States and the private sector India has already decided that states and the private…