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Articles by Justin Guay

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Indian court strikes down another coal plant

Indian court strikes down another coal plant

Indian National Green Tribunal revokes clearance for 1050MW coal plant, describes original approval as ‘smacking of non-application of mind.’

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Off-grid clean energy demands social bankability

Off-grid clean energy demands social bankability

22 of the world’s leading off-grid clean energy entrepreneurs are demanding social bankability from the World Bank Group. Here’s why it’s an important step.

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Our distributed energy future: mobile phones are showing the way

Our distributed energy future: mobile phones are showing the way

Research shows mobile phones can provide M2M access for distributed energy and water infrastructure. The implications are too exciting to ignore.

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Europe’s ‘coal renaissance’ masks industry downfall

Europe’s ‘coal renaissance’ masks industry downfall

The EU coal industry’s rhetoric about increasing coal use and imports doesn’t match the reality: that coal’s future in Europe is bleak.

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Small is big as individuals help remove solar finance barriers

Small is big as individuals help remove solar finance barriers

Mosaic’s crowd-funding success for community solar shows small is big in financial innovation, and individuals can break down financial barriers to clean energy.

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Small is big: Bangladesh installs one million solar home systems

Small is big: Bangladesh installs one million solar home systems

In one of the poorest countries on earth, renewable energy company Grameen Shakti is installing nearly 1,000 solar home systems a day.

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Why India’s coal plans are just an illusion

Why India’s coal plans are just an illusion

India’s grandiose plans to build a coal fleet nearly twice the size of America’s are built on nothing but vapor. And here’s why…

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India’s solar revolution: small is big

India’s solar revolution: small is big

India’s National Solar Mission should steer towards a distributed model. How solar is deployed is as important to India as whether its deployed at all.

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The $90bn opportunity in crowd-funded clean energy access

The $90bn opportunity in crowd-funded clean energy access

People care about the poor having clean energy, so they are making projects bankable – and making money into the bargain.

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India: Forget the grid, community power is here

India: Forget the grid, community power is here

A deal between OMC Power and mobile giant Bharti Infratel marks the beginning of a truly revolutionary effort to deliver energy access throughout India.

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Why cheap coal is really, really dead ….

Why cheap coal is really, really dead ….

Despite what the coal industry would have you believe, the days of cheap, affordable coal fired power are over.

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Breaking an unholy contract with coal

Breaking an unholy contract with coal

Recent developments in India show the need for developing countries to make a ‘devil’s bargain’ with coal plants is becoming a thing of the past.

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Energy revolution brewing in Bihar

Energy revolution brewing in Bihar

A campaign to deliver decentralised clean energy to India’s most notoriously backwards state could lay a blueprint for developing countries around the world.