Ghana’s electricity crisis is holding the country back — how it got here

A rapid succession of regimes and the ravages of structural adjustment policies in the 1980s and 1990s challenged the ability of Ghana to clean …

Saubhagya scheme: In pursuit of 100% electrification

The scheme fails to incentivise DISCOMS to provide uninterrupted quality services

Lighting up villages

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INDIA

SOUTH AFRICA

Extremely light!

Rural power

PM-JANMAN for tribal electrification: Beacon of hope or mirage?

Initiative focuses on 11 critical interventions across nine ministries

For border villages in Rajasthan, electricity remains elusive

While electricity poles have been installed in some villages, lines have not been laid

Showing the way

Scientists develop a solar-powered lamp designed to light up rural Kenya

More clean energy

Power-packed option

Even remote areas can be electrified through biomass gasification

Flicker of solar light in Chhattisgarh

Big mini revolution

A looming biomess

Industry, government blame each other for green sector’s fall

Powered by husk

Off-grid biomass plants light up villages; experts demand clarity on tariff regulation

Energy pill for renewable sector

World Bank prepares off-grid scheme to revitalise growth

Shock treatment

Nightmarish laws and an insensitive government keeps thousands in the dark

Global grid

Whether it is Asia or Europe, countries find a new mantra: decentralise and electrify

Going off-grid to power solution

The energy divide

Chronic power deprivation in some districts raises serious policy issues

Letters

Mini grids: the smarter way towards rural electrification

Expansion of the electric grid has been unable to ensure universal access to power in 70 years. Decentralised mini-grids do more for last-mile …

Unreliable power

Inconsistent supply of electricity has made no difference to the quality of life of residents in Dhemaji district of Assam