“Where there is will, there is way,” says Babu Raja of the CRE, and in Biratnagar, Nepal, there is increasing social will for clean, accessibly energy for all. The Centre for Renewable Energy (CRE) in Nepal is a non-government / non-profit organization that aims to unite Nepalese people in an understanding of the benefits of the generation and use of...

Can you be an Apple aficionado, protect the environment while playing Darth Vader? The answer is YES! Thanks to a young Brazilian designer, it will soon be possible. He came up with the great idea of a mask that would charge an iPhone with a 100% renewable energy, using one’s own breathing. Indeed, it is well known that new generation phones are quite energy...

Some of you may wonder why Good Return is creating awareness and offering its clients renewable energy loans. Here are some reasons to show why access to renewable energy products is vital not only to the environment but also to the betterment of the lives of our borrowers and the future of the communities they live in. The current situation in Nepal – A...

Clever finance models are starting to break down the barriers to bringing low cost renewable fuel to people in developing countries. A key reason 2.7 billion people worldwide rely on traditional biomass for cooking and heating and 1.4 billion have no access to electricity is capital constraints. Many of the simple energy-access solutions offered (solar lanterns and...

I can’t believe how fast time is flying… We have implemented the Sustainable Energy project in the Philippines more than a year ago. And now, it is time for us to consider everything that has happened during that period… A return back in time with an after-taste of rollercoaster! Before we actually started the project, we discussed it for months with SECDEP,...

Women in Nepal bear the main responsibility of cooking as it is traditionally and culturally passed on to new female generations. People here — especially the rural poor– use firewood as the main source of cooking food, fodders, and other stuffs because it is easily available. as the rich have multiple choices so are the people of Mechi Nagar...