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Jul 10, 2019
Bitcoin, gaming and the chasm of global energy inequality
Will Bitcoin cook the planet? A great Axios piece “No, Bitcoin won’t destroy our climate by 2033” argues…
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Jun 10, 2020
Is Nuclear Power Pro-Development? Six reasons why the DFC should lift its ban
The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is considering a change to its current ban on financing projects with…
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Nov 12, 2020
Xbox, Playstation, and global energy inequality
Americans take for granted 24/7 internet, cloud data storage, and on-demand air conditioning, all powered by abundant electricity.…
Infographics
Dec 10, 2020
Infographic: What is sub-Saharan Africa’s contribution to global CO2 emissions?
One of the most striking infographics from the wonderful Our World in Data is the treemap which asks…
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Jun 30, 2021
How Congress is turning DFC into an agency serving Poland and Israel but not Senegal or Ghana
The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is the $60 billion agency that’s supposed to catalyze investment to…
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Sep 27, 2021
The DFC, World Bank, and how a nuanced compromise on gas financing for poor countries could quietly become a blanket ban (hint: ask the Kosovars)
The debate over whether development finance should be allowed for downstream gas projects appears to be settling toward…
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Nov 12, 2021
What did COP26 deliver for energy poor nations? Our five Big Takeaways
Plenty of hot takes from Glasgow. Here are ours: The Big Story: African leaders stepped up to argue…
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May 12, 2022
The Russian invasion is an opening for US nuclear technology
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has disrupted energy supply chains and raised financing costs across the world, creating major…
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Aug 11, 2022
In climate policy, African gas is like organic salad microgreens
The Guardian recently published an article supposedly exposing new African plans to expand oil and gas production and…
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Oct 25, 2022
Q&A with Jacob Kincer: Can electric vehicles (EVs) chart a course out of the global economic and climate challenges of gasoline?
The world faces an energy security crisis and higher gas prices triggered by the Russia-Ukraine conflict and compounded…
Memo
Jan 14, 2019
Power and the Urban Informal Economy
Memo
May 17, 2019
Four Meta-Challenges to Power Sector Reform in Sub-Saharan Markets
Memo
Feb 20, 2020
How Advanced Nuclear Technologies Could Accelerate Deployment Across Africa
Memo
Oct 14, 2020
Is Ghana’s Dumsor Over?
Memo
Feb 02, 2021
Why is Ghana’s Gas Sector Losing Money?
