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August 31st
Lotus Energy Impact: Solar Schoolhouse, NepalDespite 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 AmericaMarcos 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 GasOn 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 HomesMeet 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 InternSummer 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 PartnershipChristine 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 FundE+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 AffirmationWhen 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 SolarThe 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 »
