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Renewable Energy Resources for Villages Off the Grid

In: Solidarity Economy and Social Business

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  • Hiromi Tsuboi

    (Akita University)

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Low cost, renewable energy technologies introduced by Grameen ShaktiGrameen Shakti (Energy) to remote Bangladeshi areas appropriately suit the energy needs of rural BangladeshBangladesh is. Technologies that even the poor can access are highly sustainable and adaptable. Development of new technologies has clearly improved people’s quality of life. First, due to these developments people can enjoy access to environmentally friendly renewable energy, as well as opportunities to generate more income. Second, demonstrations on how to use these new developments play an eco-educational role in society by creating awareness among the local people. Third, the new technology reduces the burden on women’s lives, thus improving their quality of life. Moreover, training women both as engineers and as technology-users has empowered them tremendously.

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  • Hiromi Tsuboi, 2015. "Renewable Energy Resources for Villages Off the Grid," SpringerBriefs in Economics, in: Noriatsu Matsui & Yukio Ikemoto (ed.), Solidarity Economy and Social Business, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 35-44, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:spbchp:978-4-431-55471-4_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-55471-4_4
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    1. Kurata, Masamitsu & Matsui, Noriatsu & Ikemoto, Yukio & Tsuboi, Hiromi, 2018. "Do determinants of adopting solar home systems differ between households and micro-enterprises? Evidence from rural Bangladesh," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 129(PA), pages 309-316.

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