Power Africa

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.

Banerjee, practice manager in the Energy and Extractives Global Practice at the World Bank Group, talks with Katie…

Todd Moss testified along with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (World Trade Organization), Donald Kaberuka (African Union), and Rama Yade (Atlantic…

The former chief economic advisor to India’s government on how climate policy has become disconnected from energy needs…

Hill, Partner & Associate Director at Boston Consulting Group, talks about the future for African cities, the imperative…

We’re at the very beginning of building an exciting analytical and advocacy program around the potential for power…