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Multimedia Oct 13, 2020

Rose Mutiso on TED: The energy Africa needs to develop — and fight climate change

Rose Mutiso

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Memo May 22, 2023

[Update] Who in ASEAN is Ready for Nuclear Power?

Jacob Kincer

Future of Energy Tech

Memo May 22, 2023

LNG exports and domestic gas use are not zero-sum

Mark Thurber

Future of Energy Tech

Multimedia May 17, 2023

Coffee Break Briefing with Teal Emery: Solar Can’t Scale in the Dark

Teal Emery, Katie Auth

Future of Energy Tech

Report May 08, 2023

Solar Can’t Scale in the Dark: Why lessons about subsidies and transparency from IFC’s Scaling Solar Zambia can reignite progress toward deploying clean energy

Teal Emery

Future of Energy Tech

Impact Story May 01, 2023

The Fridge Goes Viral as an Illustration of Global Energy Inequality

Better Metrics and Data

Shaping Energy Transitions

Impact Story May 01, 2023

Rose Mutiso Reshapes Energy Inequality Solutions with African Perspectives

Better Metrics and Data

Shaping Energy Transitions

Blog Apr 27, 2023

What’s happening with USG support for African power plants? These 5 charts explain.

Katie Auth, Jacob Kincer, Todd Moss

Shaping Energy Transitions

Memo Apr 18, 2023

The Eskom crisis update: What comes next?

Catrina Godinho

Making Markets Work

Memo Apr 11, 2023

Solar is cheaper than ever. Why hasn’t it powered an agricultural revolution?

Vijay Modi

Future of Energy Tech

Impact Story Apr 01, 2023

Ghana Launches Public Register of Power Purchase Agreements

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

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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

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