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No water for drought-hit Maharashtra as thermal power plants prosper

No water for drought-hit Maharashtra as thermal power plants prosper

Blog entry by Swati Mehta | March 22, 2013

Water was over. The sun was beating down our backs and a red-yellow, dried, mountain trail was around us. Our trek should have ended before sunrise, it was mid-day now. The desperate need for water was terrifying. Luckily we knew we'd...

A Stepping Stone for a Giant Leap

A Stepping Stone for a Giant Leap

Feature story | October 31, 2013 at 18:19

Greenpeace India lays down its first foundation stone for clean energy revolution in Bihar. The foundation stone was laid by the district magistrate (DM) of Jahanabad, Mr. Md. Sohail in the presence of village authorities and heads of neighboring...

Manifesto Report card

Publication | November 26, 2013 at 17:40

In 2013, Greenpeace India began the Switch on the Sun campaign in Delhi highlighting the states poor performance on the Renewable energy purchase obligation (RPO) of 0.01%. Followed by it we unveiled the “Rooftop Revolution- Unleashing Delhi’s...

Crisis to Solution - paving way to Solar pumping

Crisis to Solution - paving way to Solar pumping

Blog entry by Ruhie Kumar | December 12, 2013

The Innovation Challenge was launched on 3rd September, and ended on 15th November. The challenge was different - it invited submissions from all over the world to do something unique, something that could transform the way our...

Start to clean energy in Bihar

Start to clean energy in Bihar

Blog entry by Ruhie Kumar | December 16, 2013

Hasanchak & Govindpur, district Vaishali, Bihar 15 years ago, there was electricity in Hasanchak. Today, the infrastructure remains but the electricity supply is gone. The farmers have only one mode of power - diesel. A diesel powered...

Dharnai: Going LIVE on July 20

Dharnai: Going LIVE on July 20

Feature story | July 10, 2014 at 19:15

Several decades have passed since India became an independent country, but several million of its citizens still live in darkness. The centralised grid system has failed to live up to the hopes and aspirations of the people, with those in rural...

Dharnai Live Briefing Paper

Publication | July 12, 2014 at 14:15

Enabling energy access through smart microgrids based on renewable energy technologies in the state of Bihar, India

Dharnai Live Microgrid Media Manual

Publication | July 15, 2014 at 15:54

Greenpeace's energy access campaign in Bihar. A detailed manual consisting of all the information on the decentralised solar microgrid installed by Greenpeace India in Dharnai revenue village, Jehanabad district, Bihar

Quality Defines Success in Dharnai

Quality Defines Success in Dharnai

Blog entry by Anand Prabu Pathanjali | July 16, 2014

The success of a microgrid largely depends on the quality of components used right from the generation, transmission and storage. For example, in the microgird installed at Dharnai, we have used a grade A solar panel with the...

Lights! Dharnai! Action!

Lights! Dharnai! Action!

Blog entry by Somdatta Sengupta | July 18, 2014

After sunset, the stage is set for all Dharnai folks to come together for a chat, friendly banter or neighbourly meet-up Dharnai, Bihar — Times are changing. No longer do women in Dharnai rush to get dinner ready before dark. No...

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