There’s interesting stuff happening in the alternate energy space in the country. Over the last few years, we’ve seen a lot of enterprises step in to address the energy gaps in India, be it Solar, Pico Hydel, Biogas etc. In fact there are more than 250 firms already working in this sector, yet it’s under-performing in India. This is essentially due to lack of a supportive long-term policy framework, delays in disbursement of subsidies; limited interest among financial institutions and such others. What’s really missing is a supportive eco-system that can enable this to scale and bridge the huge energy access gap that exists in the country.
But when there are people and organizations focused on a good cause, there’s always the effort to find a solution I guess. That’s reassuring, ain't it?
In December 2013, 10 organizations came together to establish one single alliance in an attempt to resolve this issue. These:
What came into existence is CLEAN - The Clean Energy Access Network.
The Alliance is technology and scale agnostic (eg. biomass, solar, pico hydro and ranging from pico solutions, through to larger decentralized energy solutions) and the focus is decentralized, clean energy access space that reaches out to the underserved communities across India.
CLEAN will represent the sector to the government and other stakeholders and is envisaged as a go-to point for all entities in the sector. It is also envisioned to become a go-to point for members of the sector internationally.
At this point the secretariat is housed in my office and we’re still looking for a CEO. This is by no means an ad, but if somebody knows somebody who knows somebody, responses are really welcome :)
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