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United States
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Phone: 880-2-9004314
Fax: 880-2-9004081
Email: g_shakti@grameen.net
http://grameen-info.org/

Shakti aims at popularizing and delivering renewable energy to the rural households marketing solar, biogas and wind energy on commercial basis, focusing on rural areas, providing services that alleviate poverty and protect environment through applied research and development of renewable energy based technologies etc.

Shakti implements projects to generate electricity from wind in the coastal belts and offshore islands; operates mini and micro hydro-plants in the hilly areas and develops and implements a special credit, savings and investment programs for generation, storage, and utilization of renewable energy for benefit of the rural people. Moreover, Grameen Shakti tests the new and appropriate technologies to provide more cost effective energy services at affordable price to the non-electrified areas and provides capital, technology and management services to energy enterprises, including individuals, communities, businesses, non-government organizations (NGOs), private voluntary organizations (PVOs) which promote, produce and finance enterprises based on renewable energy sources.

1. Actor:

   Project developer

2. Sector:

   Renewable energy (general), Rural electrification

3. Activity:

   United States