Expanding Rural Energy Access and Improving Agro Industrial Energy Efficiency through Targeted Interventions

While access to low-cost, clean, safe, modern and sustainable energy technologies is a priority to farmers and agro-communities residing in villages, improving energy efficiency as a cost cutting measure is extremely important to rural agro industries, especially micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Hence specific and targeted projects focusing on building awareness at the grass-root level, technology transfer, capacity building and fast-tracking clean energy financing to these sector are crucial growth and development drivers. This paper presents case studies of a few such REEEP (Renewable energy and energy efficiency partnership) supported, monitored and assessed projects undertaken in India and replicated in other developing countries.