Blog Blog by S.P Harish We recently conducted a pilot survey of off-grid households in the state of Uttar Pradesh. In this post, I discuss some thoughts on the preferences, needs and concerns of such households. Off-grid households in India still predominantly use...
Blog Blog by Arianna Tozzi In October 2017 the Government of India announced Saubhagya, a new policy aimed at “ensuring last mile connectivity and electricity connections to all unelectrified households in the country” by March 2019. The policy combines with the...
Blog Blog by Ryan Kennedy A recent ISEP publication (forthcoming in the International Journal of Remote Sensing) details both the promise, as well as some of the likely pitfalls, of using satellite imagery data for generating data on energy access. The study is, by...
Blog Blog by Brian Blankenship In September 2017, the Indian government launched a new scheme known as Saubhagya (short for Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana). The scheme aims to achieve universal household electrification in rural areas, as part of Prime Minister Narendra...
Blog Blog by Johannes Urpelainen The figure you’re looking at shows a fan inside an office in Lucknow, and the dirt on it is from air pollution. According to locals, wiping off the dirt is basically useless because it’ll be back within 3-4 days at this time of the...
Blog Blog by Johannes Urpelainen For the ISEP team, January 2018 will be a very busy month. Taking advantage of the break between fall and spring semester at our universities, we kick off the new year with new energy access and sustainable energy research in India....
