Melting ice, failing micro-hydro projects and fragile solar systems are pushing Zanskar into deeper energy vulnerability.

A micro-hydro project supported by WWF’s Terai Arc Landscape (TAL) Programme brings electricity to the local inhabitants of western Nepal. Butwal, Nepal – A micro-hydro project supported by WWF’s ...

The local residents of the remote Suketal village in west Nepal are very happy to have the opportunity to use electricity for the first time in their lives. The local residents of the remote Suketal ...

A startup business that places small turbines in irrigation canals to generate electricity has raised $18.4 million to scale up its technology for carbon-free hydropower. The new investment will go to ...

The first time 52-year-old Juliana Balweg-Baawa switched on the light in her home, she jumped for joy. “My children can study at night!” Balweg-Baawa, a native of Mataragan village in the rugged ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 14, 2003 — The e7, a group of energy companies, has finalized plans to construct a micro-hydro power plant to bring electricity for the first time to Chendebji, a small, remote ...

Home-grown, small-scale electricity generation is about to get a little easier in Pitkin County. The Pitkin Board of County Commissioners on Wednesday unanimously approved an amendment to the land-use ...

LACHINE, QUÉBEC, March 17, 2003 — GE Hydro, a business unit of GE Power Systems, has been awarded a contract by J.D. Irving, Limited, Saint John, New Brunswick, to supply two hydro turbines for a new, ...

This article by Raymund B. Villanueva was originally published on Kodao, an independent news site in the Philippines. An edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing ...