This guide by the Covenant of Mayors of Sub-Saharan Africa shows that urban planning tends to be gender blind, with the design of urban street lighting as a key example. It provides a manual, aimed at African cities, on how to develop gender-responsive public lighting projects. English: https://comssa.org/download/rxeWs6zcOXbTl8qRidGZ9nCB7EFAI4Pa/Gender-sensitive-public-lighting.pdf French: https://comssa.org/download/U3kjdTBHqV6FGKfoI71EgLY2wZrSvtz8/Eclairage-public-sensible-au-genre.pdf
This report highlights the importance of sector coupling as a key source of flexibility that cities can explore to stabilise power grid operations when integrating high shares of variable renewable energy sources. It presents a range of sector coupling opportunities available for use in cities, including self-consumption of variable RE sources, the role of thermal […]
This report provides baseline data on women’s employment in solar energy, as well as information on barriers to gender equality and recommendations to close gender gaps.
This brief provides a high-level overview of the status of Côte d’Ivoire’s off-grid solar markets, as well as relevant policies and programs.
This brief provides a high-level overview of the status of Uganda’s off-grid solar markets, as well as relevant policies and programs.
This brief provides a high-level overview of the status of Zambia’s off-grid solar markets, as well as relevant policies and programs.
This market assessment describes the off-grid energy market in Uganda.
This brief provides a high-level overview of the status of Madagascar’s off-grid solar markets, as well as relevant policies and programs.
This web portal provides an extensive introduction into solar PV technology, policy, financing and more.
This free course provides an introduction into solar PV technology and markets, and teaches participants how to calculate energy use and design a solar PV system for a given site.