Addressing developmental needs through energy access in informal settlements

Adritha Subbiah, Sahar Mansoor, Rachita Misra, Huda Jaffer and Raunak Tiwary

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Abstract: Integrated Energy Centres, solar power community hubs for need based services, have been operationalised by SELCO Foundation for informal migrant communities in Karnataka, India since 2011. There are 26 IECs till date, offering 22 different services. Through the interventions, 6074 households have been impacted. The paper describes three different models through case studies illustrating their operational and financial aspects.

Keywords: energy access; urban slums; solar; livelihoods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-10-07
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Published in Field Actions Science Reports, 7, October, 2016(16), pp. 80-91. ISSN: 1867-139X

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