Back to Basics: Tech entrepreneurs in Nigeria need a cheap, reliable and continuous supply of electricity
![](https://energyforgrowth.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Figure-1-1-2-500x333.png)
Explore our ideas and analysis for policymakers, investors, and advocates.
Listen in to hear Rose and Katie nerd out with our network on all things energy.
Browse our episodesWatch our short video (3-min) below to find out.
Watch our MEM videoHub Fellow and Assistant Professor at UMass-Amherst Jay Taneja walks us through the latest trends with the most…
The debate over which countries should pursue nuclear energy is timely because the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation…
The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is considering a change to its current ban on financing projects with…
Host Daniel Raimi talks with Todd Moss on efforts to build electricity capacity across Africa, as well as…
In the midst of the coronavirus crisis, 2020 is shaping up as a pivotal year in India’s transition toward renewable energy. Over the prior decade, India dramatically accelerated its deployment of wind and solar power (see figure). Now it must grapple with the challenges of integrating ever-larger quantities of volatile renewable energy into its grid. In the first half of 2020, the government has successfully concluded two creative tenders for flexible renewable energy that represent steps in the right direction—even though serious challenges remain to keep India’s energy transition on track.
Varun Sivaram heads anyone’s short list of global solar power experts. A physicist, best-selling author and clean energy technology expert with experience spanning the corporate, policy and academic sectors, Sivaram was most recently the CTO of ReNew Power, India’s largest renewable energy firm. His 2018 book, Taming the Sun: Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Power the Planet, was heralded by the Financial Times as “the best available overview of where the industry finds itself today, and a road map for how it can reach that brighter future.”
In the second session of the Climate Solutions Series features experts Jesse Jenkins (Princeton University), Sue Tierney (Analysis…
One of our Hub Fellow’s, Jessica Lovering, joins Matt Yglesias to discuss the role of advanced nuclear in…