A Different 'Bush' For Alternative Energy

A common plant has the potential to become generate enough fuel to supply electricity to a third of India's villages.

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March 21, 2006, 11:00 AM PST

A Non-for-profit comes up with a bio fuelsystem as an answer for rural electrification. Its biggest hurdle is political will, rather than economics, in today's world of $60 a barrel of oil.

"The initiative is called Desi Power (local power).

It aims to provide a model for generating low-cost electricity from renewable resources that can easily be copied elsewhere in the vast swathes of rural India that have no connection to the mains grid."

FULL STORY: Can a bush solve rural energy needs?

Sunday, March 19, 2006 in BBC

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