This report highlights the problem cost of capital poses for the energy transition in low- and middle-income countries, and highlights promising solutions.
This is an example of an energy transition roadmap for Uganda. It explores different renewable energy scenarios and identifies the actions, investments and policies that are required to make these reality.
This report uses economic modelling to investigate the viability of ten different productive use applications of solar power in agriculture (oil extraction, maize shelling, rice hulling, fruit juice making, sugar cane juicing, fruit drying, flour milling, peanut shelling and coffee pulping). It investigates each technology in detail and then calculates the profits and other benefits … Continue reading “Productive Use Report – Evaluation of solar-powered agricultural technologies for productive-use applications: A modelling approach”
GET.invest is a programme funded by the EU and several of its member states, that mobilises investment in renewable energy in low- and middle-income countries, including by providing coaching to renewable energy companies and linking them with investors. This report assesses the current state of PUE finance, highlights challenges to scaling up investment in PUE, … Continue reading “Financing and Scaling Productive Use of Energy: Challenges and opportunities for catalytic growth”
This study explores the impact of energy poverty on the health gap between men and women in Ghana, showing that, especially in households suffering from energy poverty, women report significantly worse health than men.