Archive for the ‘Renewable Energy’ Category

17 Feb

What’s your bright idea?

Posted by Julie Nordskog in Developing Regions, Latin America, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Development. Tagged: , , , , .

Okay, I stole that line from the campaign for the 2012 IDEAS Energy Innovation Contest.  The contest launched yesterday on 2/15/2012 and is co-sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank.

If you have the best idea(s) for access to renewable energy and energy efficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean, you may be awarded up to $200,000! Feeling inspired yet?

Of course, the $200k is to fund implementing your idea and comes with technical and business support to make your bright idea happen.

The deadline for applications is April 30, 2012.


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9 Feb

Scratch-offs + cell phones = energy.

Posted by Julie Nordskog in Bottom of the Pyramid, Poverty, Renewable Energy, Rural Development, Social Entrepreneur, Sustainable Development. Tagged: , , , , , , .

Read how this social entrepreneur is bringing a pay-as-you go system to provide the world’s poorest people access to solar energy:

  1. Get a unique code from a scratch-off card.
  2. Send a text with the code to a local service.
  3. The service that will then credit the specified personal solar cell.

From the Sun (Bypassing the Grid) to the BoP Consumer.

Social businesses are reaching and improving the lives of the world’s poorest Continue reading →