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  • August 31st

    Lotus Energy Impact: Solar Schoolhouse, Nepal

    Despite having huge potential sources of renewable energy, Nepal has only been able to light the houses of 40% of its population. Just 100 kms from the capital, Kathmandu, lies Dumja village in Sindupalchowk district which remains unconnected to the natio... More »

  • August 26th

    Intern’s Reflections from the Field: Solar Markets in Central America

    Marcos Mancini and I, Rebecca Martin, completed our summer internship at E+Co’s regional office in Latin America in San Jose, Costa Rica.  We are graduate students at the Erb Institute at The University of Michigan pursuing a dual degree from the Business... More »

  • August 23rd

    Do the Math! The Answer is Gas

    On a recent visit to the E+Co Tanzania office in Dar-es-Salaam, Monitoring & Evaluation Officer Elizabeth Ngoye and I visited E+Co portfolio company, Afrozone.  Afrozone, founded by former BP Director Abraham Mwalwega, is a distributor of Liquified Pe... More »

  • August 20th

    Notes From the Field: Clean Energy Benefits Experienced in Nicaraguan Homes

    Meet Charlotte Foote, a 10-year old adventurer from Boston who traveled deep into the northern Nicaraguan bush last month to meet smallholder farmers and their families. Her father William Foote, Founder and CEO of Root Capital, shared with us a letter fr... More »

  • August 17th

    Chronicles of an E+Co Intern

    Summer 2009: I discover E+Co while researching low carbon economy transition pathways for a think tank in Paris. As a student at Sciences Po, I had been drilled with the 3 pillars of “sustainable development”: social, environmental, economic, and bingo! H... More »

  • August 16th

    E+Co and PowerSource MicroGrid Operations (PMO) Philippines Expand Partnership

    Christine Eibs Singer, CEO of E+Co and Frederick E. LaCroix, CEO of PowerSource MicroGrid Operations (PMO), recently announced an expansion of an existing partnership with a $1.1 million investment by E+Co in PMO-Liminangcong, in Northern Palawan, Philipp... More »

  • August 13th

    Job Opportunity: Fund Manager, E+Co – Asia Equity Fund

    E+Co is a pioneer Impact Investor in the clean energy sector. Since 1998, E+Co has invested in more than 250 small and growing clean energy ventures in emerging economies around the world. The ventures and entrepreneurs backed by E+Co have served more tha... More »

  • August 11th

    Daily Affirmation

    When I arrived at New York’s Penn Station this morning for my daily commute to E+Co’s New Jersey office, Amtrak was experiencing signal problems accompanied by lengthy delays .  My stride weakened as I made my way to NJ Transit, realizing that the slow do... More »

  • August 10th

    New York Times “Green” Blog Highlights Selco Solar

    The New York Times “Green” Blog recently referenced the achievements of E+Co’s portfolio company, SELCO – India (Selco Solar), in Jim Witkin’s article, “For the World’s Ills, ‘Trickle Up’ SolutionsR... More »

  • August 6th

    Are Low-Income Countries on a Fast Track to Low-Carbon Prosperity?

    A recent post on the Green Futures blog asks “whether low-income countries are on a fast track to low-carbon prosperity.” From E+Co’s perspective, the answer is, “absolutely.” When countries like Tanzania and Cambodia boast electrification rates of less t... More »

 
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