edit this page PureSIG - The Special Interest Group on the Productive Use of Renewable Energy
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The role of energy in poverty reduction is generally considered to be positive. However, practise often defeats theory when energy projects have attemped to contribute to the Millennium Development Goal 1: The link between energy supply and increased opportunities for income generation for the poor. Not only does this topic recieve very little attention from national governments who tend to focus on large scale energy supply especially for energy intensive industry, but also from practitioners in the field of small scale energy supply. The term productive uses of energy is commonly used for income generation by selling energy or energy technologies, and sometimes in a broad sense, including energy services to schools and health services. Both uses of of the term "productive uses" divert attention away from the potentially huge, but in practice small, contribution of modern (renewable) energy to income generation in small enterprises by the poor themselves.
[top] [end]Productive uses of energy, follow up to expert workshop held at SDC, Delhi, 13 February 2008 We would like to invite you to the online PureSIG discussion on the role of energy in rural income generation. This specific session is a follow up to the meeting a group of 15 experts had at SDC in Delhi on 13 February, related to research performed by User:Annemarije Kooijman in the Indian Himalayas. It was clear in the discussion that there remains a lot to be discussed and that sharing experience and insights could really contribute to moving energy project implementation and energy policy forward in a manner that would strengthen the rural incomes.
Below please find a document with an introduction letter and suggested discussion points, and the presentation by User: Annemarije Kooijman with some additional text for clarification in the notes. It would be great if the Indian experts who participated in the could formulate a response based on their own expertise on at least 2 points during the set discussion session to follow up on the India workshop, so that we can really get a momentum of discussion moving. In the PureSIG network, people from other countries will join in and extend the discussion later on. Looking forward to an interesting discussion!
[top] [end]Additional discussion documents  Human stories from Bhadohi solar project, Winrock International India (265 KB) - Submitted by User: Veena Joshi - GEF-FAO Workshop on Productive Uses of Renewable Energy: Experience, Strategies, and Project Development, Summary Report, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy, 18-20 June 2002 (34 KB) - Submitted by User: V V N Kishore
- GEF-FAO Workshop on Productive Uses of Renewable Energy: Experience, Strategies, and Project Development, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy, June 18-20, 2002 (264 KB) - Submitted by User: V V N Kishore
- Cabraal et al. (2005): "Productive Uses of Energy for Rural Development"
- Kamal Kapadia, 'Productive uses of renewable energy: A Review of Four Bank-GEF Projects'
[top] [end]Links for further information - Ashden Awards are trying to identify, award and publicise the best renewable energy projects in the developing world, and there are plenty of case studies of Productive User on their Website (www.ashdenawards.org)
[top] [end]Documents from the "Renewable and Hybrid Access for Productive Use (RHEAP) Workshop" available for download Documents from the Renewable and Hybrid Access for Productive Use (RHEAP) Workshop which was held in Johannesburg, 2008, are now available for download from the PURE Portal. These cover a range of subjects: - The Productive Use Container (PUC)
- The potential for productive activities in the Concession areas (NuRa)
- Hybrids in South Africa - a brief overview
- The productive use of renewable energy: an international review
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PureSIG specifically aims to: - Connect people and organisations working on the productive use of renewable energy
- Support high quality business, government and NGO networking
- Connect people that know and people wanting to learn, promoting increased and more effective cooperation between stakeholders. Promote the building of innovative partnerships for knowledge creation and programme implementation.
- Provide a framework to increase the profile and effectiveness of existing and future knowledge resources (websites, newsletters, projects, meetings etc.) of the stakeholders active in the Productive Use of Energy.
- PureSIG connects members from around the world through an email discussion list. Members have access to the list archives and other member resources.
There are currently 121 members in PureSIG. - See the Members page for the list of current members.
- Sign in to HEDON using your username and password here. If you are not already a member, Join the Network here.
- Under the usercentre, click on Subscribe for the PureSIG.
User:Wikus Kruger 22 February 2008
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