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What India Needs for a Just Energy Transition
Ensuring that the opportunities of India’s transition are shared fairly throughout society — and workers and communities are not left to face the challenges alone — is not an easy task.
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- Energy
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- renewable energy, solar
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Press Release: Bboxx To Bring Clean Energy to 2 Million People in Burkina Faso With Geocoton Advens Group Joint Venture
Bboxx, a next generation utility, is partnering via a first-of-a-kind joint venture with Geocoton Advens Group as part of Bboxx’s market entry into Burkina Faso.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Innovative Financing Secures 28 New Minigrids in Nigeria
These 28 distributed renewable energy (DRE) systems, designed as solar PV and battery-powered minigrids, aim to connect 55,000 people to electricity in rural areas.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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MyJouleBox raises €3 Million to Deploy Solar Off-Grid in Four West African Countries
Electricity access solutions provider MyJouleBox has raised €3 million for its expansion into four countries in West Africa.
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- Energy, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Clean Cooking is Heading for Failure: Why the Sector Needs a Real Strategy – Not Just a List of Ideas
Almost 4 billion people across 71 countries are impacted by inefficient, dirty cooking fuels. Yet as Phil LaRocco at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs points out, progress toward addressing this long-standing global crisis has stalled. He argues that the "Systems Strategy" proposed by the influential NGO the Clean Cooking Alliance and the global consulting firm Dalberg is not enough to change the sector’s current trajectory. Instead, he urges clean cooking stakeholders to embrace a coherent, ecosystem-wide strategy, outlining three potential alternative approaches.
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- Energy, Environment
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Mobile Solar Energy Storage Unit Developer Gets a $1.4 Million Grant
Battery and energy storage firm, AceOn has been awarded a $1.4 million grant from the Innovate UK Energy Catalyst 8 Fund.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Atlas Renewable Energy and Unipar Sign a Solar Energy Power Purchase Agreement in Brazil
Atlas Renewable Energy's Lar do Sol-Casablanca II project will provide solar energy to Unipar's factories in Brazil
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- Energy
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- Latin America
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Press Release: New Reporting Standards Could Energize the Off-Grid Solar Industry
The framework represents a significant step in helping attract the capital needed to lift millions of people out of energy poverty.
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- Energy, Impact Assessment, Technology