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Impact Story Apr 01, 2023

Ghana Launches Public Registry of Power Contracts to Boost Competition and Reduce Risks

Making Markets Work

Memo Mar 15, 2023

What is the true scale of unmet electricity demand in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Sankalp Garg

Better Metrics and Data

Memo Mar 08, 2023

The Eskom crisis update: Where we are now

Catrina Godinho

Making Markets Work

Memo Mar 07, 2023

How does energy impact economic growth? An overview of the evidence

Todd Moss, Jacob Kincer

Shaping Energy Transitions

Memo Feb 23, 2023

How to de-risk clean energy projects and cultivate the project pipeline in sub-Saharan Africa

Sylvain Degolmal Ngaryo

Better Metrics and Data

Blog Feb 07, 2023

Power quality in donor-funded infrastructure projects

This post is co-authored with Eric Hsu, Edward Miguel, and Catherine Wolfram. Governments and foreign aid institutions routinely…

Susanna Berkouwer

Better Metrics and Data

Memo Feb 07, 2023

2023 Update: Who in Africa is Ready for Nuclear Power?

Jacob Kincer, Jessica Lovering

Future of Energy Tech

Blog Feb 06, 2023

Nuclear Power in Uganda and Rwanda?

Solar, hydro, wind, and gas are the most common options for African countries to meet their energy needs,…

Jacob Kincer

Future of Energy Tech

Infographics Feb 03, 2023

Infographic: Our Unequal Energy World

Entire countries use less electricity than some (pretty small) cities in the United States. Berea, Kentucky is a…

Jacob Kincer

Better Metrics and Data

Op-Eds Feb 01, 2023

Europe’s Hunger for Gas Leaves Poor Countries High and Dry

Originally published in Foreign Policy, February 1, 2023. Almost one year after Russian forces invaded Ukraine, Moscow’s natural gas…

Jacob Kincer, Vijaya Ramachandran

Future of Energy Tech

Op-Eds Feb 01, 2023 Foreign Policy

Europe’s Hunger for Gas Leaves Poor Countries High and Dry →

Future of Energy Tech

Multimedia Jan 17, 2023

Let’s Aim for the Modern Energy Minimum

The world’s energy access definition is currently just 50-100 kWh per person per year, barely enough to power…

Todd Moss, Grace Tamble

Better Metrics and Data

Memo Dec 13, 2022

Clean water from clean energy

Mohamed Alhaj

Memo Dec 13, 2022

Desalination: A future energy demand driver

Mohamed Alhaj

Memo Dec 06, 2022

Recognizing the energy access challenges of informal urban communities in Africa

June Lukuyu, Jess Kersey

Better Metrics and Data

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