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At the micro social‐enterprise level; • Grameen Shakti; 3 have captured the synergy between renewable energy technology and micro‐credit in order to give the rural people a chance to improve their quality of life and also take part in income generating activities. They provide power after dusk in areas where conventional electricity would not reach in the foreseeable future. Key products include solar‐powered home systems, bio gas and improved cooking stoves. • Barefoot Power: 4 An Australian company which designs and manufactures affordable quality lighting products targeted at developing communities and households. This social enterprise aims to establish an efficient and effective grass roots supply chain for energy goods that have high social benefits for the poor; starting with lighting products. Their LED’s are a cleaner and more efficient substitute for kerosene in the efforts to lower emissions. • Depot Energi Khaula 5 : This social enterprise is a franchise based rural energy service in Indonesia which provides biogas retail services to households, communities and commercial users to some of the 70 million people still living in Indonesia without electricity. 3 Source: Grameen Shakti Website 2009, Available online at: http://www.gshakti.org/ 4 Source: Barefoot power Website 2009, Available online at http://www.barefootpower.com/ 5 Whelan, J., 2008. ‘Financing Village‐level Energy for Development in Asia‐Pacific: A Selection of Case Studies’, FDC Website, Available online at: http://www.fdc.org.au/energy‐workshop/case‐studies‐report.doc
ENERGY LENDING Based on FDC Briefing No.2, September 2007 ISSN 1834‐9900 by Jamie Bedson, FDC Introduction Just as the microfinance industry continues to try to match the huge unmet demand for financial services, so too there is an unfulfilled demand for safe, clean, cheap and incomegenerating sources of energy. An estimated 1.6 billion people in developing countries do not have access to modern energy services for basic cooking, heating and lighting. This lack of access compromises both quality of life and health, and places significant limitations on the productive capacity of microentrepreneurs. The productive use of energy sources for things such as lighting for businesses, irrigation, refrigeration, telecommunications, education, agricultural and retail/street vending, has significant implications for poverty alleviation and economic growth. ‘Energy lending’ ‐ the use of microfinance to expand access to modern, alternative energy systems ‐ is increasingly providing energy to many clients in developing countries. While the resolution of some key challenges remains, the scope for innovation is wide. Energy and Microfinance The failure of governments to achieve significant levels of rural electrification in many developing countries has meant that modern, off‐grid energy sources, such as solar photovoltaic lighting systems, biogas, micro hydropower, wind and LPG cook stoves, have become important sources of alternative energy. These energy sources provide an alternative to both centralised energy infrastructure and the use of biomass such as firewood, animal dung, charcoal, as well as kerosene, which adversely affect both human health and the environment. While the focus in developed countries is increasingly directed towards employing clean or renewable energies to limit the emission of greenhouse gases, the use of these alternative energy sources in developing countries is first and foremost about access to safer,
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