Rockefeller Foundation Refutes Washington Post Story On India’s ‘Dysfunctional’ Mini-Grids Updated On Tue, Aug 8th, 2023 by Saurenergy Last week, July 31st to be exact, a story in the Washington Post on India’s rural solar mini-grids grabbed a lot of attention. Authored by Karishma Mehrotra, the paper’s South Asia correspondent, the story headlined “India joins rush to renewables, but its rural solar systems fall off grid” was a clear indictment of India’s solar […] Read more
Rockefeller Foundation, Ikea and Bezos Fund Backed GEAPP Launches India Plans Updated On Fri, May 5th, 2023 by Saurenergy In a significant fillip to the energy transition movement, GEAPP or the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet has finally launched its India operations. Backed by heavyweights including the Rockefeller Foundation, Ikea Foundation and Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos’s Bezos Fund, the platform brings in a welcome dose of capital and global linkages to impact […] Read more
ISA Hosts Lecture on Deployment of Renewable Technologies in Developing World Updated On Tue, Mar 21st, 2023 by Saurenergy The International Solar Alliance (ISA) recently hosted a special lecture in New Delhi, which also saw the presence of officials from The Rockefeller Foundation. The theme of the lecture was ‘Tackling the Climate Crisis by Dramatically Expanding Access to Renewable Technologies Across the Developing World’. The Rockefeller Foundation, a philanthropy body built on collaborative partnerships […] Read more
DRE In Solar Provides Employment Boost says PowerForAll Report Updated On Wed, Sep 28th, 2022 by Saurenergy Power for All, the global campaign to end energy poverty, today released its second Decentralized Renewable Energy (DRE) jobs report supported by GET.invest, Good Energies Foundation, and The Rockefeller Foundation. The industry’s most comprehensive emerging markets employment census shows increased demand for DRE solutions is creating hundreds of thousands of formal and informal jobs. The […] Read more
Servotech, Smart Power India to Create Solar Ecosystem in Rural India Updated On Mon, Jan 31st, 2022 by Saurenergy Aiming to promote awareness about and access to solar power in the rural communities of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, and Jharkhand, Servotech Power Systems Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Smart Power India, a subsidiary of New York-based Rockefeller Foundation. The companies believe that educating people about the benefits of solar energy […] Read more
Tata Power’s 200 Microgrids to be Ready by 2021 Updated On Mon, Sep 21st, 2020 by Saurenergy TP Renewable Microgrid (TPRMG), a venture by Tata Power, is expected to complete the installation work of 200 microgrids and make them ready for use by next year, said the Rockefeller Foundation — a partner in the clean energy project. In November 2019, Tata Power had announced creating an arm, TPRMG, to set up 10,000 […] Read more
Tata Power Forms New Arm to Set Up 10,000 Microgrids by 2026 Updated On Mon, Nov 4th, 2019 by Saurenergy However, the newly formed company, TP Renewable Microgrid Ltd, will be operated and managed by the Tata Power itself, while the Rockefeller Foundation will provide technical support to the offshoot for achieving its objective. Utility giant Tata Power on Monday announced the formation of its new arm, TP Renewable Microgrid Ltd, with an aim to […] Read more
