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Solar-power, energy efficiency and business support give rice producers and processors the competitive edge in Benin

01/10/2022
Energy 4 Impact
Article

Although Benin is blessed with abundant sunshine, vast inland surface water and fertile soil, the country nevertheless imports more than half of the rice required to feed its population.

Reframing renewable energy finance in Africa

30/09/2022
Clare Shine
Article

Private investment is needed for Africa to adopt renewable energy. Here’s why that investment makes sense

Two Promising Private Sector PUE Delivery Models

27/09/2022
GET.transform
Article

More and more private sector actors are moving into the PUE space. Their business models, progressively refined over recent years, are already showing compelling results in their ability to solve many of the challenges around PUE promotion and up-scaling.

Renewable energy for healthcare facilities in sub-Saharan Africa requires innovative financing

26/09/2022
Clifford J. Aron
Article

An estimated 60% of healthcare facilities in Sub Saharan Africa do not have access to a reliable electricity supply. Almost a third of grant-funded solar systems have failed due to poor maintenance, leaving a false impression that solar technology is unreliable.

Key insights from “Powering Jobs Census 2022”

24/09/2022
Power for All
Article

The Power for All “Powering Jobs Census 2022” is a bottom-up count of employment in the DRE sector based on a survey of more than 350 companies across five countries: Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda.

African decentralized energy experts: Loy Florence Kyozaire (Uganda)

21/09/2022
Sun-Connect News
Article

There are some barriers that need to be addressed from different angles and with different actors. These include, for example, low awareness of the benefits of renewable energy technologies and low support for local businesses that might be able to reach grassroots consumers at lower cost.

Decentralised Access to Electricity Through Mini-Grids – experiences from Tanzania

20/09/2022
Institute of Development Studies
Article

Though mini-grids offer a promising way to electrify remote communities across the African continent, no business model has proved widely successful and scalable across sub-Saharan Africa.

Barriers to Scaling Productive Use of Energy

14/09/2022
GET.transform
Article

Before analysing obstacles to Productive Use of Energy (PUE) promotion approaches, it is important to highlight the barriers experienced by rural end-users which continue to prevent uptake of PUE applications in Africa. These barriers have been analysed through different studies, though so far not listed methodically.

Renewables could do much more than just transform Africa’s energy sectors. Here’s how

13/09/2022
Rabia Ferroukhi, Magnus Chidi Onuoha, Olivia Zeydler, Mirjam Reiner and Laura El-Katiri
Article

Renewable energy is key to the future of Africa, which is forecast to be home to 2 billion people by 2050. Meeting their needs with sustainable sources of energy will be vital to the continent’s socio-economic development. Inclusive planning and consensus building will be vital for a successful clean energy transition for everyone.

Our world needs more distributed clean energy

12/09/2022
Aryampa Brighton
Article

Although Africa is blessed with some of the world’s largest hydropower and geothermal resources (10-15 GW of geothermal potential in the Rift Valley alone), bountiful solar and wind resources, total power generation capacity in Africa is about 80,000 megawatts (MW) (including South Africa), roughly the same as that of Spain or South Korea.