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Analysis: Zimbabwe Hopes Rural Electrification Can Stop Deforestation. Here’s Why It Might Not Work
Researchers say bigger issues — poverty, corruption, inequality — can undermine rural energy programs if unaddressed.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing, Technology
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Engie and Eib Partner on Off-Grid Solar Scheme in Uganda
Millions of people in rural Uganda are set to access reliable and cheap electricity for the first time under a new off-grid solar scheme.
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing, off-grid energy, SDGs, solar
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Analysis: Clean-energy optimism soars as world struggles with the pandemic’s fallout
Investors see big business opportunities building renewable energy projects in emerging markets. This solar farm in the Mexican state of Chihuahua started operating in 2018.
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- Coronavirus, Energy
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Ethical Labels Not Fit for Purpose, Report Warns Consumers
Certification schemes may serve to mask human rights abuses and allow government inaction, study claims
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- Agriculture, Energy
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Analysis: Emerging Markets and Innovation: Twin Pillars of the Solar Tracker Market
Global solar tracker shipments reached new record levels in 2019, exceeding 31 GW, up 55% year on year. Exceptional demand in the United States – as well as multiple gigawatt markets in Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Spain and Australia – helped propel the market to new heights, writes Cormac Gilligan, associate director at IHS Markit.
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- Energy
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- renewable energy, SDGs
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What’s Holding Back Off-Grid Solar – And How the Energy Access Sector Can Turn Things Around
Off-grid solar energy has become a $1.75 billion annual market, reaching 420 million users over the past decade – yet the sector is not on track to meet SDG7’s energy access targets by 2030. What's holding it back? Analysts at Sustainable Energy for All, Duke University and Solar Sister explore some key barriers to adoption, and how the off-grid solar ecosystem can address them.
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- Energy, Impact Assessment
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Crowdfunding For Clean Energy — Raise Green Launches New Marketplace
Founded by Peter Krajsa and Matthew Brown, NEIF currently manages more than $800 million worth of “innovative energy financing programs.”
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Press Release: Solar Energy Market Size Is Projected to Reach USD 223.3 Billion by 2026
The COVID-19 pandemic has seriously affected the solar energy market size. While utility-scale solar has not been as heavily impacted, growth projections are now lower than expected, and the virus has created significant uncertainty for projects under development.
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- Coronavirus, Energy
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- SDGs
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