Clean Energy and Rural Development

This book gives an overview of clean energy in India and how the diffusion of clean energy products has happened in the rural parts of India since few years. It also highlights how entrepreneurial ecosystem and culture is being built in the field of clean energy along with few marketing models. This book also covers the role of education in enhancing the quality of life of rural poor through clean energy, and also the role of consumer’s education on eco-consumption. It also highlights the role of training and development that is required for the rural population through NGOs. This book highlights the research and findings of few particular models that has been implemented in Southern Odisha such as sustainable energy irrigation model, simulation of solar operated agri-pesticide, solar box type cooker, etc. It also showcases few case studies and its results to understand the impact of the innovations. This book is a must read to understand the rural India in the context of the interventions being made in the field of clean energy, its progress and its impact.