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DOE Launches $10 Million Prize to Accelerate Community Solar in Underrepresented Communities
DOE’s Community Power Accelerator™ will help create pipeline of projects ready for financing, award-winning projects demonstrate best practices in community solar.
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- Energy
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- North America
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Report: One Billion People Lack Access to Health Facilities with Reliable Electricity
Nearly one billion people in low- and middle-income countries lack access to health facilities with reliable electricity.
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- Energy, Health Care
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- Global
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Analysis: Climate Action and Sustainability – A Unique Opportunity for Global Cooperation
Preserving our ferociously fragile and interconnected ecosystem will require participation from all corners of the world.
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- Environment
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- Global
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Solar Mesh-Grids to Improve Energy Access in Nigeria
The European Union has approved a $3.4 million working capital facility under the ElectriFI Country Window for Nigeria for Okra Solar to use solar mesh-grids.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Gridworks To Invest $50 Million In Virunga Power To Ramp Up Run-Of-River Hydro Projects Across Several African Countries
Distributed mini hydro plants around perennial rivers offer opportunities to provide reliable baseload power for rural communities.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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OFID Funds $36.5 Million to Accelerate Access to Clean Cooking in Madagascar
The Opec Fund for International Development is providing Madagascar with $36.5 million in loans and grants to accelerate access to clean cooking.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- clean cooking, energy access, forests, SDGs
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Announcing NextBillion’s Most Influential Articles of 2022: Vote for Your Favorite!
It's time for NextBillion's “Most Influential Article of the Year” contest, in which we select our 12 most-read articles from the past year and invite readers to choose their favorites. We welcome you to read the articles and to vote by scrolling down to the voting app at the bottom of this announcement — or at the individual articles in the contest, which are linked in this announcement and posted on our homepage. You can vote up to one time per hour during the voting period, which will run from Dec. 21 to Jan. 3. We wish you a happy holiday season and a prosperous new year!
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus, Energy, Environment, Finance, Impact Assessment, Investing, Social Enterprise, Technology
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UK to Give £650 Million for Projects in Developing African Countries
The UK will contribute £650 million to the African Development Fund towards high impact and low-cost finance projects in developing nations in Africa.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing, WASH
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- Sub-Saharan Africa