*By Alice Driver Before 2006, Roberto Ossandón, a farmer who lives in Chacay Alto in the rural mountains of northern Chile, depended on candles for lighting and caught up on news during rare trips to the nearest town. Thanks to an off-grid solar PV project financed by the IDB and other organizations, that year 3,100 rural houses and schools in the region, including Ossandón’s, … [Read more...] about Democratizing energy in Latin America and the Caribbean one step at a time
“Biobolsa”: turning agricultural waste into biogas and organic fertilizer
* By Ignacio Fernández Admetlla Sistema Biobolsa is a social enterprise that manufactures, distributes, sells, and installs anaerobic bio-digesters that transform farm waste into renewable energy (biogas) and organic fertilizer to small and medium-sized farmers. A project supported by the MIF-OMJ accelerator program is now trying to strengthen the sustainability of Sistema … [Read more...] about “Biobolsa”: turning agricultural waste into biogas and organic fertilizer
What is your climate I.Q.? Play the game and find out.
You know climate change is a real issue. You recycle whenever possible. You have a reusable shopping bag for groceries. You know about renewable energy. But do you know what percentage of the world’s trash is recycled? What about how many turtles are killed because of plastic bags each year? Do you know what percentage of your country’s energy matrix is from renewable … [Read more...] about What is your climate I.Q.? Play the game and find out.
What’s your bright idea? Take part in IDEAS energy innovations contest!
The Energy Innovation Contest IDEAS supports the development of new projects that promote the use of renewable energy, energy efficiency, bio-fuels and energy access in rural areas throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. It was first launched in 2009 and over 50 ideas have won awards since, out of over 2,300 innovation project proposals submitted. The call is … [Read more...] about What’s your bright idea? Take part in IDEAS energy innovations contest!
The top 10 developing nations investing in clean energy
The history of clean energy in leading countries like Denmark, Spain or Germany is well known: big investments, subsidies, and an energy matrix that is much greener than that of other developed nations likes the US or Japan. However, developing nations represent a large and rapidly growing share of the world’s clean energy investment, according to Climatescope 2014, a … [Read more...] about The top 10 developing nations investing in clean energy