
Raising Global Energy Ambitions: The 1,000 kWh Modern Energy Minimum
Energy is fundamental to modern living and any competitive prosperous economy. SDG7 calls for modern energy for all,…
Meeting the energy needs of emerging economies requires additional metrics more closely aligned with job creation and economic growth.
Basic household electricity access is the dominant metric for tracking progress against global energy poverty — but actually means very little in terms of what drives opportunity and economic prosperity.
Household access to basic electricity is an important first step. But it’s not the same as the energy needed for job creation and inclusive economic growth. We need new indicators (and better data) that raise ambitions, prioritize policies and investment, and track progress toward building the high-energy systems all modern economies require.
We aim to broaden energy progress indicators from initial household access to also cover cost, reliability, and energy for industry, commerce, and other productive uses. We push for solutions at scale that align with countries’ own development ambitions. The Hub has developed two new metrics to do this: The Modern Energy Minimum as a new consumption target and the Reliability-Adjusted Cost of Electricity (RACE) to reflect what firms care about most.
To defeat energy poverty, we need energy metrics aligned with economic growth.
Entire countries use less electricity than some (pretty small) cities in the United States. Berea, Kentucky is a…
The world’s energy access definition is currently just 50-100 kWh per person per year, barely enough to power…
Executive Summary Shocks from the pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine are disproportionately affecting emerging and frontier…
Dayal, Senior Vice President of Power & Climate and The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet at…
Todd Moss gives a presentation on the Modern Energy Minimum at the G20 Webinar Series “Achieving Global Energy…