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Will a bottom-up approach suffice for the UN's Sustainable Energy for All initiative, or does it need more formal support from Rio+20, asks Smriti Mallapaty?
29 May 2012 | EN
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Will a bottom-up approach suffice for the UN's Sustainable Energy for All initiative, or does it need more formal support from Rio+20, asks Smriti Mallapaty?
29 May 2012 | EN
Can a new network of African energy researchers lead the way on solar power for the continent? Christine Ottery finds out.
SciDev.Net speaks to UN Environment Programme executive director Achim Steiner at the Eye on Earth Summit (12-15 December) about next year's Rio+20.
Source: SciDev.Net Conference Service
15 December 2011 | EN
SciDev.Net reporters from around the world tell us which countries are set on developing nuclear energy despite the Fukushima accident.
Nearly forty years since its inception, India's Barefoot College has trained 15,000 women in a range of poverty-stemming skills.
Source: Wired UK
29 March 2011 | EN
As Japan's nuclear accidents send shockwaves round the world, Alex Abutu explores whether Africa is ready to provide safe nuclear power.
Rwanda hopes to secure its future with solar power, but it currently accounts for just 0.1 per cent of energy production.
Source: Reuters AlertNet
4 October 2010 | EN
Solar power could help alleviate rural poverty. David J. Grimshaw and Sian Lewis shine a light on its progress, potential and pitfalls.
Solar power can light the homes of the off-grid poor, but how can people buy the equipment? Pinaki Roy and Katherine Nightingale report.
Indian researchers propose using a type of algae as a source of biofuel — which could then be 'milked' from specially-designed solar panels.
Source: Scientific American
13 October 2009 | EN
Jatropha will not be saving the world anytime soon, say researchers, but it could work in local biofuel projects in developing countries.
Source: Nature
1 October 2009 | EN
The continent may have plenty of sun, but some African countries are looking to wind power to meet their energy needs.
Source: China Dialogue
21 August 2009 | EN
Using low-soot stoves in Africa and Asia would cut levels of black carbon, which warms the atmosphere.
Source: International Herald Tribune
Yvo de Boer, the UN climate chief, speaks to SciDev.Net about getting clean technology into the developing world.
Poor rural communities in Laos are feeling the benefits of green energy, thanks to the efforts of a local energy company.
Source: IRIN
Vietnamese researchers are expanding the use of biogas as a sustainable energy source for the country's small businesses.
Source: Viet Nam News
Small-scale solar power is taking off in Kenya due to its ease and cost-effectiveness — a welcome change from costly, unreliable electricity.
Source: East African Standard
17 June 2008 | EN
Brazil's successful sugarcane ethanol industry owes much to massive investment in infrastructure and research, reports Carla Almeida.
Biofuel holds promise for Africa but research is not yet in place to fully reap the rewards, or analyse the pitfalls, reports Kimani Chege.
Many Indians have pinned their hopes on the jatropha plant as a source of biofuel that doesn't harm food security, writes Daemon Fairless.
Source: Nature
15 October 2007 | EN