Airlines Fly the Skies on a Sugar High
New York Times October 7, 2014 The red-and-white Boeing 737 looked like any other plane on the tarmac at Orlando International Airport. But on a clear day last July, the […]
Category Archives: Clean energy
India Increases Effort to Harness Biomass Energy
New York Times October 9, 2013 GHANAUR, India — THE hulking power plant set against the green countryside of Punjab state in northwest India does not look like a source of renewable […]
Conservation Pays Off for Bangladeshi Factories
International Herald Tribune March 22, 2012 DHAKA, Bangladesh — At the factories of DBL Group, one of the largest Bangladeshi textile and garment makers, tons of fluffy imported cotton are […]
Hydrogen Fuels Autorickshaws and Dreams of Cleaner Air
International Herald Tribune October 2, 2012 NEW DELHI — Across India, small three-wheeled autorickshaws ferry people and goods from place to place, with tens of thousands in Delhi alone buzzing […]
Microhydro Drives Change in Rural Nepal
International Herald Tribune June 20, 2012 BAGLUNG, NEPAL — In Rangkhani, a remote mountain village in western Nepal, a 12- hour walk on steep dirt roads from Baglung, the district’s […]
Biogas Offers Poor Countries a Cleaner, Safer Fuel
International Herald Tribune October 27, 2011 NEPALGANJ, NEPAL — Here’s an unlikely starting point for clean energy: No toilets, and plenty of dung. In developing countries where domestic animals are […]
A Healthier, More Efficient Way to Cook
International Herald Tribune September 29, 2010 NEW DELHI — In tens of millions of homes in rural India, the kitchen is a cramped space with walls blackened by soot from […]
Bringing Light to India’s Rural Areas
International Herald Tribune Sept 2, 2010 BANGALORE, INDIA — As dusk falls, the sound of children singing fills the air at the SOS Tibetan Children’s Village in Bylakuppe, five hours’ […]
India finds cheap energy may be an easy nut to crack
Financial Times March 10 2008 When police bring the traffic to an abrupt halt in Raipur, capital of the remote Indian state of Chhattisgarh, drivers know what to expect next. […]
Offsetting profile: Powerguda, India
Financial Times April 25, 2007 Powerguda, an Indian village of about 200 tribal people of the Gond minority, has undergone dramatic change in recent years. A seven-hour drive from the […]
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