Access to Energy in Rural Areas – IGEN – ACCESS

Access to Energy in Rural Areas – IGEN – ACCESS

Objective

  • To improve sector environment for rural energy enterprises

Description

Project intends to improve access to energy by supporting the development of businesses and innovation, ensuring access to financing for households, farmers and businesses, and designing and implementing public support programmes, guidelines, standards, etc.

Field of intervention

  • Energy in agriculture
  • Clean cooking energy
  • Biogas
  • Rural Electrification
  • Productive Use of Energy

Targeted beneficiaries

  • Businesses, households, farmers

Achievements

  • Development of public support programmes, guideline, standards, etc. such as biogas standards, state energy action plan
  • Development of financing instruments, such as lease, loan, crowdfunding platform, etc.
  • Development of businesses and value chains such as bankable business plans for companies
  • Development and piloting of business models, such as mobile water pumps
COUNTRY

India

DURATION

01 April 2015 - 31 March 2019

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