On an otherwise reasonable evening, more than 1,000 people packed an auditorium in Boulder, Colorado, for the culmination of the 2011 Unreasonable Institute. They came to see 27 ventures present their solutions to some of the world’s greatest challenges.
Piyush Jaju, Finance Director at ONergy shares how his venture is building an eco-system providing renewable energy solutions to the rural poor in India. ONergy aims to provide complete energy solutions to the rural poor – across lighting, cooking and electrification. ONergy is creating a last mile distribution and service network for clean technologies. We do so by setting up Renewable Energy Centres to manage the entire distribution value chain by providing quality products, training, servicing and financing.