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Energy Africa Europe Insights
Energy
Africa
Insights
July 26, 2021

Integrated Planning Helps Kenya Close its Energy Access Gap

  • Clean Energy
  • electric grid
  • renewable energy
  • low carbon development
  • Energy Access
Kenya village
  • Clean Energy
  • electric grid
  • renewable energy
  • low carbon development
  • Energy Access
Energy
Africa
Insights
February 3, 2021

Energy Access Is Key to Sub-Saharan Africa's Economic Recovery

  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • coronavirus
  • electric grid
  • Economics
  • agriculture
  • Finance
  • fossil fuels
  • health
  • renewable energy
A young South African woman holds up a cloth face mask next to a sewing machine.
  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • coronavirus
  • electric grid
  • Economics
  • agriculture
  • Finance
  • fossil fuels
  • health
  • renewable energy
Climate
Africa
Insights
July 29, 2020

Missing Links Between Electricity Access and Development Priorities in Africa

  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • sustainable development goals
  • electric grid
  • development
  • agriculture
  • health
  • low carbon development
Nurses care for newborns at a maternity hospital in Sierra Leone. Photo by Dominic Chavez/World Bank.
  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • sustainable development goals
  • electric grid
  • development
  • agriculture
  • health
  • low carbon development
Europe
Insights
June 2, 2020

Europe Charts a Course for Sustainable Recovery from COVID-19

  • Buildings
  • Climate Resilience
  • coronavirus
  • land use
  • renewable energy
EU Parliament, Strasbourg, France
  • Buildings
  • Climate Resilience
  • coronavirus
  • land use
  • renewable energy
Energy
Asia
Insights
September 17, 2019

China Is Investing $13 Trillion in Construction. Will It Pursue Zero Carbon Buildings?

  • Cities
  • Buildings
  • Climate
  • Energy
Guangzhou’s Pearl River Tower
  • Cities
  • Buildings
  • Climate
  • Energy
Energy
Africa
Insights
September 4, 2019

For the Millions of East Africans Who Need Electricity Most, Data Shows Renewable Energy Is a Viable – and Affordable – Solution

  • mapping
  • Humans of Clean Energy
  • Sustainable Development Goal 4
  • Sustainable Development Goal 7
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • renewable energy
Electricity has far-reaching impacts on people's livelihoods. This Tanzanian tailor can sew at night thanks to solar power. Photo by Theo Steemers/USAID
  • mapping
  • Humans of Clean Energy
  • Sustainable Development Goal 4
  • Sustainable Development Goal 7
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • renewable energy
Africa
Insights
August 14, 2019

Closing Sub-Saharan Africa’s Electricity Access Gap: Why Cities Must Be Part of the Solution

  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • poverty
  • sustainable development goals
power line in Kenya
  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • poverty
  • sustainable development goals
Cities
Europe
Insights
June 28, 2019

Eskisehir, Turkey Leads on Energy-Efficient Buildings

  • Buildings
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • Cities
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
Eskişehir, Turkey
  • Buildings
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • Cities
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
Energy
Africa
Insights
March 13, 2019

In Kenya’s Rural Health Clinics, Business Performance and Renewables Go Hand-in-Hand

  • Energy
  • Humans of Clean Energy
  • Energy Access
  • health
  • renewable energy
Joyce Onyino and patients at her health clinic in rural Kenya
  • Energy
  • Humans of Clean Energy
  • Energy Access
  • health
  • renewable energy
Africa
Insights
November 29, 2018

How Distributed Solar Helps Pregnant Women in Rural Kenya

  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • Humans of Clean Energy
  • health
  • poverty
  • renewable energy
Maasai woman
  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • Humans of Clean Energy
  • health
  • poverty
  • renewable energy
Energy
Africa
Insights
October 11, 2018

A New Fuel Source Can Power Kenya’s Industries While Saving Forests. So Why Isn’t it Taking Off?

  • Forests
  • Humans of Clean Energy
  • biofuels
  • Energy
Baobab tree on the edge of Kenyan farmland
  • Forests
  • Humans of Clean Energy
  • biofuels
  • Energy
Equity
Africa
Insights
February 27, 2018

How Open Data Can Help Solve Kenya’s Energy Access Problems

  • Energy
  • data
  • Energy Access
  • human rights
Kibera, Kenya
  • Energy
  • data
  • Energy Access
  • human rights
Energy
Africa
Insights
October 4, 2017

Entrepreneurs Use Mapping Tools to Locate New Markets, Dispelling Darkness a District at a Time

  • Energy
  • renewable energy
  • Energy Access
sales agents for solar power systems in Tanzania
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
  • Energy Access
Energy
Africa
Insights
October 3, 2017

Electrifying Africa with Mini-grids: Five Lessons from Tanzania

  • Energy
  • renewable energy
  • Energy Access
Mini-grid installation in Tanzania.
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
  • Energy Access
Energy
Asia
Insights
March 7, 2017

1.2 Billion People Lack Electricity. Increasing Supply Alone Won’t Fix the Problem

  • Equity
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • Energy Access
  • renewable energy
  • low carbon development
Pharmacy in Monrovia
  • Equity
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • Energy Access
  • renewable energy
  • low carbon development
Energy
Africa
Insights
February 15, 2017

PODCAST: Electrifying Africa

  • Energy
  • podcasts
  • electric grid
  • Energy Access
A farmer showcases her solar power in Kenya.
  • Energy
  • podcasts
  • electric grid
  • Energy Access
Energy
Asia Africa
Insights
February 8, 2017

“Pay-As-You-Go” Solar Could Electrify Rural Africa

  • Equity
  • Energy
  • Business
  • Energy Access
  • renewable energy
  • low carbon development
Tanzania solar
  • Equity
  • Energy
  • Business
  • Energy Access
  • renewable energy
  • low carbon development
Climate
Europe
Insights
November 16, 2016

Germany Becomes First Country to Release a 2050 Emissions-Reduction Plan

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy
  • UNFCCC
Wind turbines
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy
  • UNFCCC
Climate
Latin America Europe North America
Insights
May 5, 2016

What’s Next? EU, US and Colombia Show They’re Moving Forward with the Paris Agreement

  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy
Going Green Conference
  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy

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