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Scaling renewables in major emerging economies 2013

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Jun 1, 2012 12:00 EDT - Jun 16, 2013 02:59 EDT
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Jun 16, 2013 03:00 EDT - Jun 30, 2013 11:59 EDT
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Jul 1, 2013 12:00 EDT - Jul 21, 2013 02:59 EDT
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Jul 21, 2013 03:00 EDT - Aug 31, 2013 11:59 EDT
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Sep 1, 2013 12:00 EDT
How can renewable technologies be rapidly deployed in the major emerging economies?

The seven leading emerging economies or E7 (China, India, Brazil, Mexico, Russia, Indonesia, Turkey) now collectively account for more carbon emissions than the leading industrial countries, or G7. This contest seeks proposals on how the E7 can rapidly scale renewable electric power generation technologies. See more…

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3 Proposals
Jan 17, 2014
Team only
The project is a run-of-river hydroelectric system with a novel new approach that fundamentally differs from the standard hydro methodology
Sep 1, 2013
Anyone
We manage forests of seaweed to produce renewable natural gas, food, and biodiversity, plus sequester carbon to reverse global warming.
Jan 17, 2014
Anyone
Crowdfunding channeled through Microfinance gives urban and rural poor access to renewable energy to transform lives.