Hundreds of firms in India work to plug gaps in energy access through decentralised renewable energy (DRE) solutions. They have a range of offerings: Selling or leasing solar home systems; microgrids; hybrid installations combining solar, wind, biomass or small hydro; productive energy services (irrigation, crop drying or storage, mechanical workshops); innovative financing for end-users; training workers in the DRE sector. As this column has argued earlier (Put off-grid on radar, August 16, 2016), the most innovative among these could complement the government’s ambitions for energy access. How could we encourage and scale innovation? Having served on several juries and committees
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