Converting agricultural waste into clean, inexpensive, cooking fuel for Africans. Supporting over 500 women entrepreneurs and ensuring thousands of Girls stay in school.
Using mobile phones for a pay as you go service to solar electricity for families in extreme poverty. Electrifying over 1,000 homes with solar each month.
Entrepreneurs are strategically positioned to disrupt the automobile industry and seizing these opportunities described by the founder of the largest solar company on the planet will lead to a more affordable electric car.
For years, the American people have been clamoring to end oil dependence on unstable parts of the world, with limited success. How can we build a fuel-choice economy—not more warships and tankers in the Middle East?
We have proven technology that enables us to solve big problems like climate change, but what we need is innovation in the business model—driven by entrepreneurs.
Mexican entrepreneurs with a background in mechanical engineering and passion for innovation leads him to vehemently race towards solutions in alternative mobility.
Unreasonable entrepreneur explains why Africa's renewable energy future doesn't have to wait for high-tech solutions—indigenous biofuels are gaining steam.
The People's Climate March was a massive step towards a global energy revolution, but there are lessons to be learned from Einstein that can shape how entrepreneurs can lead the way in bringing renewable energy solutions to reality.
Two women entrepreneurs bring design-thinking to Tanzania creating solar-powered mobile phone charging stations that are changing the way people think about accessing electricity in off-grid communities.
Indigenous tree—never before used for commercial purposes—is providing a Kenyan startup with the means to create an agricultural revolution in East Africa.
Wana Energy Solutions is moving Ugandans away from charcoal and wood to liquid gas, which requires less time, costs less money, and sharply reduces indoor air pollution and all of the attendant health risks.
The founder of Village Energy says his Ugandan solar-power startup is a means to an end. "It’s not about the technology. It's 'What is the development challenge out in the communities? Where can we have an impact?'"
Russian startup Plastica recycles 10 percent of all plastic waste in the million-person city of Volgograd, Russia, where it is based, and turns that plastic into enough bricks, paving tiles, and roof tiles for four homes per month.