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The Overlapping Impacts of Off-Grid Solar: Four Ways Innovative Funding Can Enable the Sector to Advance Global Climate and Poverty Goals
How can the off-grid solar sector achieve its energy access and climate-related goals? Laura Fortes and Drew Corbyn at GOGLA argue that there’s one clear answer to that question: more and better finance. They discuss four ways innovative funding models can enable the sector to rapidly and radically accelerate progress toward universal energy access and other development goals.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing, Technology
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Press Release: African Development Bank’s Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa Welcomes $50 Million in New Commitments from Germany and USA at Africa Climate Summit
SEFA is a multi-donor Special Fund that provides catalytic finance to unlock private sector investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: New Paper Highlights the Critical Role of Off-Grid Solar Technologies in Powering Climate Adaptation and Justice
Off-grid solar is the quickest and least cost way to electrify 55% of the 675 million people living with no energy access today.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Puerto Rico’s Solar Revolution: What We Can Learn From the Island’s Energy Crisis
Six years after Hurricane Maria crippled Puerto Rico's antiquated electrical grid, residents are embracing energy resiliency and renewables on their own terms. The mainland should take notice.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Latin America
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Press Release: GOGLA and IKEA Foundation Announce Transformative Scaling Pure Partnership at the South Asia Forum for Distributed Energy (SAFDE)
GOGLA, the global association for the off-grid solar energy industry, and the IKEA Foundation are delighted to announce a strategic partnership to scale the productive use of renewable energy (PURE) across Asia and Africa.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Global
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Press Release: USAID Provides An Additional $1.2 Million and New Private Sector Partnership for Clean Energy In Papua New Guinea
The mini-grid will connect at least 800 households and 30 businesses to electricity in Papua New Guinea.
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- Energy
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- Asia Pacific
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World Bank Supports 1000 Microgrids In Nigeria
Microgrids in Nigeria are getting a boost from the World Bank, which is promoting 1000 new systems in the coming years.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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GOGLA Launches a Handbook for Policymakers Aiming to Scale the Productive Use of Renewable Energy
Along with the Government of Uganda, a national Roadmap to scale the productive use of solar energy is also being launched in Kampala.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Global
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