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- Geoffrey Gitau
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Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge into E-mobility technology development not only enables climate change mitigation, but also leverages the untapped potential of Kenya’s youth.
- Sarah Hambly, Jakub Vrba, Stuart Walker, and Victor Torres
- Article
World Refrigeration Day (26 June) is an excellent opportunity to reflect on the role of refrigeration in ensuring inclusive and sustainable development across the globe, and on the expertise required to design systems that are both effective and environmentally friendly.
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- The Observer
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The relationship between gender and energy access is mutually reinforcing: access to clean energy promotes gender equality, while gender equality enhances the effectiveness and sustainability of energy systems. Addressing both simultaneously enables a future in which women play a central role in shaping the energy systems of tomorrow.
- Kumbirai Makanza
- Article
In the early days of the global energy access movement, success was often measured by the number of lightbulbs turned on or households connected to mini-grids. There was a widespread expectation that expanding access to electricity would naturally catalyse economic development.
- Jörg Ankel-Peters, Gunther Bensch, Alexandra Köngeter, Mascha Rauschenbach, Maximiliane Sievert
- Article
This perspective article discusses whether energy access programs in rural Sub-Saharan Africa reach the poor in a way that most policy actors claim. We examine on- and off-grid electrification as well as improved cooking.
- Isaiah Esipisu
- Article
Solar irrigation has become a reliable, relatively low-cost, clean-energy solution for agricultural water management in areas with high incident solar radiation.
- Amare Haileslasie, Principal Researcher
- Article
What happens when farmers, financiers, innovators, and policymakers are brought together in one room? A recent multi-stakeholder dialogue held in Hawassa, Ethiopia on scaling solar-powered irrigation offered an answer.
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- African Business
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Burning diesel or HFO has long been the only viable option for isolated islands where the smallness of the market makes the upfront cost of more modern methods of power generation commercially unviable. Yet a growing range of renewable energy technologies are providing new options for Africa’s islands.
- Temilade Sesan, University of Ibadan and Lucy H. Baker, The Open University
- Article
In Nigeria and Kenya, many small to medium farms and rural grain-milling businesses are not connected to the national electricity grid. They still use petrol or diesel generators for power.
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- CGIAR
- News
What happens when farmers, financiers, innovators, and policymakers are brought together in one room? A recent multi-stakeholder dialogue held in Hawassa, Ethiopia on scaling solar-powered irrigation offered an answer.
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