Our Work: Renewable Energy for Developing Countries

Access to clean and reliable energy is one of the keys to creating sustainable livelihoods in rural communities.

Rural Energy for the Developing World

Sustainable energy resources and technologies can

  • offer an income source
  • provide amenities such as light, heat, motive power and fertilizers
  • reduce vulnerability to climate change and other disasters
  • decrease the outflow of financial resources to pay for fuels and electricity
  • improve health, and air and water quality
  • create opportunities for new businesses, especially for women.

The Pembina Institute’s report, Best Practices and Innovative Strategies in Sustainable Rural Energy Development, describes five communities in Africa and Asia where rural energy programs have been successfully established. These projects have met locally defined energy needs and provided income generation, and in many cases, they have also improved women’s access to resources, resulting in improved status and capacity.

The Pembina Institute works alongside community, non-governmental organizations and governments in developing countries to promote the use of sustainable practices and technologies, and the implementation of supportive energy policies. [MORE]

Using Carbon Financing to Support Development

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is one of the features of the Kyoto Protocol and provides the opportunity for sustainable development projects in developing countries to sell carbon credits when clean energy sources are used in place of fossil fuels. For the past three years, Pembina has assisted small enterprises and communities in India, Kenya and Nigeria to identify project opportunities and learn how to use the CDM to provide additional financing. [MORE]

Developing Countries Contact

Paul Cobb, B.Eng.Contact for Work with International Communities

• Phone: 819-483-6288 ext. 23
• Send an email to Paul Cobb

 

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