This publication shares the learnings from eight EU-funded research projects on energy behaviour and modelling, and presents their implications for policy design.
This report by the International Labor Organization investigates the implications for global job creation of four different green transport scenarios, applied to Europe: 1) a doubling in investment in public transport, 2) free public transport, 3) a target that 50% of all vehicles manufactured must be electric, and 4) banning of internal combustion engines for … Continue reading “Jobs in Green and Healthy Transport: Making the shift”
This brief provides an overview and a lot of data and visuals on skills gaps and challenges for Africa’s e-mobility transition. It also suggests possible solutions with respective advantages and disadvantages.
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”
This policy brief discusses why PUE projects should adopt a gender-responsive approach to enhance their effectiveness, as gender blind PUE initiatives are more likely to benefit men than women. It explains how gender-responsive approaches benefit both men and women, and provides policy recommendations for maximizing those benefits.
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 Energypedia article explains how to undertake a PUE assessment as part of a mini-grid development project, to evaluate the potential and feasibility of different types of PUE to support community income generation and mini-grid viability.
This fact sheet provides a quick overview of different PUE technologies and business and financing models, as well as their socio-economic and sustainability impacts, and their upscaling potential.
This article tells a story of trial and error in the development of a clean cookstove business model in Zambia, highlighting the many factors that come into play and the occasional unpredictability of the market.
This report identifies opportunities for and barriers to renewable energy component manufacturing in African countries, and proposes interventions to accelerate investment in the space.