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How to Solve Clean Cooking for 4 Billion People: The Disruptive Potential of the ‘Impact Flywheel’
Roughly 4 billion people lack access to clean cooking technology. This leads to almost four million annual deaths, particularly among women and girls, and costs the global economy approximately $2.4 trillion each year. But though these challenges have persisted despite many high-profile efforts to address them, Ben Jeffreys of ATEC* International argues that clean cooking is uniquely solvable with the right technology and business models. He discusses how the flywheel model could unlock the disruptive potential of clean cooking technologies to create sustainable change.
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- Energy, Telecommunications
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Power Global Introduces eZee, the First Swappable Battery for Light Vehicles
Power Global introduces eZee, the company's first swappable battery for light vehicles.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation
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- Global
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Press Release: Global Coalition Launched $80 Million Relief Fund To Protect Energy Access in Vulnerable Communities From COVID-19 Fallout
A relief fund launched this week with a first close of $68 million and a target of over $80 million to protect energy access for at least 20 million people in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.
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- Coronavirus, Energy, Social Enterprise
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- Global
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African Development Bank’s Off-Grid Recovery Platform for COVID-19 Reaches Financial Close
The African Development Bank has reached a financial close on financing agreements for a $20 million concessional investment from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa for the COVID-19 Off-Grid Recovery Platform.
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- Coronavirus, Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Inaccurate Solar Production Estimates Impact All Players in the African Power Value Chain
CrossBoundary Energy has released a report, Measuring Solar Irradiation in Africa: A case for change which shows how the biases in the estimation of solar production in Africa can lead to reduction in savings for African businesses.
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- Energy, Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: How Can Emerging Markets Capitalise on Geothermal Energy’s Potential?
Geothermal energy lags behind other forms of renewables in terms of installed capacity; however, it is an effective solution for many countries.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Renewable Energy Integration in India: Ways to Maximise Solar, Wind Power System
India’s renewable-rich states have a higher share of variable renewable energy than most countries. As a result, many are already facing system integration challenges.
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- Energy
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- Asia Pacific
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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
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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