Power Africa

Given everything else happening these days, it’s easy to imagine a new administration putting international development policy on…

10 Recommendations to enhance Power Africa’s impact on energy poverty, economic development, and climate change The US Government’s…

Hub Policy Director Katie Auth examines Power Africa, including lessons learned for the next phase in the fight…

Mohamed explains why transparency is an overlooked issue in addressing energy poverty, why he thinks decarbonization will increase…

The former OPIC, African Development Bank and Black Rhino Group official tells Katie & Rose why she’s frustrated…

The new director of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Africa Program on why resource curse thinking is…

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.