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
The Issue
Renewable energy is a critical component of any long-term energy plan. Solar in particular has enormous potential in Africa, but is currently under-exploited across many frontier and emerging markets.
Relevance
Utility-scale wind and solar farms could generate abundant energy to power economies across Africa and Asia, but they face huge barriers of risk, available financing, and integration into national grids.
Our Approach
The Hub translates the latest data and research on the cost, technology, and policy issues that constrain solar and wind power into insights policymakers and funders can use to deploy bigger and faster.
Featured Insights
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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
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Why Isn’t Solar Scaling in Africa? 
Why Isn’t Solar Scaling in Africa?
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For wind and solar, big is (usually) better 
For wind and solar, big is (usually) better
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Top 10 Barriers to Utility-Scale Solar in Sub-Saharan Markets 
Top 10 Barriers to Utility-Scale Solar in Sub-Saharan Markets
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New Headwinds to Clean Energy: Four crippling squeezes on SDG7 and priorities to address them 
New Headwinds to Clean Energy: Four crippling squeezes on SDG7 and priorities to address them
Executive Summary Shocks from the pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine are disproportionately affecting emerging and frontier…
