As recent years have shown, social entrepreneurship in the developing world doesn’t have to come from philanthropic behemoths such as Google or Microsoft—they can start right at home in the grassy steppes, rainy jungles or dusty cities. Case in point: Sunlabob’s solar initiative in Laos, which has brought solar lanterns, panels and even entire [...]
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Case Study in Laos: Bringing Solar to the People
Posted by Connie in Tuesday, September 16th 2008 under: Solar Interest Stories, solar news Tags: developing nations, solar in developing nations
The Next Solar Frontier?
Posted by Connie in Friday, August 29th 2008 under: Solar Interest Stories, Solar Policy, solar news Tags: developing nations, india
After several months of scrutinizing solar in China, let us shift our focus for now to another energy-guzzling, rising economic power with some ambitious energy goals of its own: India. While India’s emissions record is commendable in comparison with China’s (8 percent of global CO2 emissions in 2007, compared to China’s staggering 24 percent), by [...]
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