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09

Mar

energy-access-funding

Goldilocks and the three energy access funding bears?

A chasm as defined by the British Dictionary is “a break in continuity; a gap”. In this blog we want to tackle the issue of sustainable development funding for energy access projects and the huge funding gap in the industry. A good analogy is the story of goldilocks and the three bears, do you know […]
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22

Oct

The Rise of the Mini-Grid – Part 2 of 2

Tweet this: #minigrid #diesel #solar #climatechange #ruralparadigm #KUDURA #EndPoverty #EnergyPoverty #solar Access this blog in Portuguese / Aceder esta blogue em portuguese In part one of this series we established the need for step-change minigrid solutions to the rural paradigm and in this part we discuss the pros and cons of such solutions. To recap […]
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21

Apr

WTH is the W-E-F Nexus?

Some time ago I wrote about how KUDURA could be a triple-win solution for a sustainable development – it tackles economic, social and environmental challenges simultaneously.  Furthermore KUDURA operates in the area of the “Poverty-environment” nexus, formulated in 2005 by the UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative, which states that: “Poor people depend on the environment for their livelihoods and well-being. Improved […]
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15

Jul

How much light is enough?

Kerosene lamps provide limited light, emit bad-smelling smoke and soot and are plagued with injury and death caused by accidental fires. If one could replace them all with low cost solar lamps, one would remove the danger of accident, and improve rural life. This is essentially the model that drives the market of solar portable […]
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06

Feb

The Kudura as a triple-win sustainable development solution

The last six months or so I have been writing my bachelor project at the University of Roskilde in Copenhagen, Denmark, and in relation to this I have studied triple-win solutions and RVE.SOL´s Kudura sustainable development solution in particular. This study involved an evaluation of Kudura in terms of its social, economic and environmental impact. […]
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