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What is Greenpeace doing in Bihar?<br />
Bihar has been struggling with energy We have worked with key stakeholders in the state and the<br />
access for decades. About 89 per cent government machinery to develop a legal, political and regulatory<br />
of the state’s population <strong>res</strong>ides in rural framework to review the existing centralised energy infrastructure and<br />
areas and almost 95 per cent of the rural encourage utilisation of renewable energy in the state.<br />
population in Bihar is still dependent on<br />
kerosene as a primary source of lighting. In2011, Greenpeace launched its project “Ensuring Energy Access in<br />
Just about half the villages in the state Bihar through Decentralised Renewable Energy” to showcase a new<br />
have been electrified, where the quality of approach for energy justice. As part of it, we conducted a survey on<br />
electrification is also suspect. ii<br />
electrification done through Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana<br />
and recommended the use of DRE for reaching rural areas. In 2012, as<br />
Greenpeace strongly believes that a<br />
part of this campaign, we successfully demonstrated irrigation pump<br />
decentralised and sustainable approach is sets that run on solar, post which the state government announced a<br />
the right way forward in providing electricity host of schemes on irrigation, education, health and other livelihood<br />
to the millions p<strong>res</strong>ently deprived of it. programs using alternative renewable energy.<br />
Bihar can leapfrog into the future to provide<br />
for the energy needs of its population in a Greenpeace has been witnessing various levels of changes it has<br />
sustainable manner. To do this, the state must brought in the state, particularly in its mission to convert a nonbeliever<br />
into believer. From changing and strengthening an ambitious<br />
chart an alternative development pathway<br />
using decentralised renewable energy or DRE. chief minister’s belief that decentralised renewable energy systems are<br />
Such an alternative energy paradigm would here to stay, Greenpeace is also advocating to the state government to<br />
enable Bihar to ensure quality electricity and increase investment in renewable energy technologies for irrigational<br />
inclusive development to its people.<br />
purposes.<br />
Greenpeace has been working in Bihar since<br />
2010 to bring about this paradigm shift in<br />
its energy planning and investment. It is<br />
implementing the energy access campaign<br />
and has established the political momentum<br />
in the state towards DRE as a tool to remove<br />
energy poverty. The campaign aims to<br />
challenge the dominant perception that<br />
centralised addition will deliver power to all.<br />
It instead works to create political and policy<br />
champions who will support decentralised<br />
systems powered by renewable sources<br />
of energy versus coal or nuclear to provide<br />
electricity access to millions who currently<br />
don’t have it (even if they are on the grid).<br />
Greenpeace has been working in Bihar since 2010 to ensure<br />
quality electricity and inclusive development to its people<br />
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