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The report undertakes a comprehensive energy access sector Health and Safety (H&S) analysis to identify key challenges and develop a roadmap, guidelines, and recommendations. The report aims to develop a systematic approach to assessing health and safety risks and hazards and suggest measures to enhance H&S management across various energy access initiatives.

This document introduces a Health and Safety (H&S) Framework designed to enhance safety in energy access projects. It emphasises a collaborative approach among stakeholders, utilizing tools like an H&S Heat Map to identify and prioritise risks.

Article on the inclusion of Pacific Island Nations in the TEA-Learning Partnership.

As the world races toward 2050, the challenge of feeding a booming population looms large, especially in Africa, where the population is projected to soar by 63% and account for a quarter of the global population*.

The first TEA@SUNRISE newsletter welcomes over 100 global network members, sharing project updates, collaboration opportunities, and upcoming events like the January symposium in South Africa. It highlights initiatives for inclusivity and the development of shared resources to foster communication and engagement within the network.

The Walk-In Cold Rooms: A Practitioner’s Technical Guide consolidates the current state of the art and outlines 12 steps to follow when specifying, delivering and operating a walk-in cold room, covering both the technical and business perspectives.

This publication on e-commerce is the second of six in the innovation spotlight series by the Global Distributors Collective (GDC), which focuses on innovation trends to watch out for in the last mile distribution (LMD) sector.

This blog discusses TEA@SUNRISE’s leadership role in the UK Government’s Ayrton Challenge on Next Generation Solar, which aims to advance clean energy technologies for developing countries. It highlights the challenge’s goals of promoting locally manufacturable solar solutions and sustainable business models, addressing barriers to solar adoption, and fostering collaboration among experts to ensure equitable access to solar energy.

This video provides an overview of the experience of early adopters of the clean cooking technologies being deployed in Susan’s Bay by Afrigas. The aim of the video is to raise awareness on the beneffits of clean cooking within informal settments in Freetown. Hence the video has been developed in Krio with English subtitles

AFUR Mainstreaming Mini-grid Tariff Settlement Tools and Methodologies Baseline GAP Analysis Final Report

This lessons learned report from the Mini-grid Tariff Settlement Tool for African Regulators project supports a conducive business climate includes providing a costreflective tariff to the investors/developers. Cost-cover-ing tariffs are one way of ensuring economic viability for private sector mini-grids. Providing a cost reflective tariff is within the remit of regulators and governments policymakers. In most countries all off-grid/mini-grid developers are required by law to apply for an energy generation, distribution and retailing permit/license and are required to obtain an energy retail tariff approval fromthe regulators.

It discusses the emerging field of next-generation photovoltaics (PV), which includes innovative materials like perovskites and organic PV aimed at improving efficiency, reducing costs, and addressing environmental concerns.

VeraSol has proposed revisions to the IEC 62253:2011, an international standard for Photovoltaic Pumping Systems- Design Qualification and Performance Measurements. The revisions aim to enhance the standard by creating a series of sub-parts. These sub-parts will organize the test methods and standards based on pump category and settings for laboratory and field testing. Stakeholders are invited to provide feedback on these proposed revisions by 14th May 2024.

This city energy profile is developed as part of the Enabling African Cities for Transformative Energy Access (ENACT) project being implemented in Freetown, Sierra Leone and Kampala, Uganda, by ICLEI Africa and Energy 4 Impact – Mercy Corps. It aims to provide an overview of the energy landscape in Sierra Leone, especially Freetown, obtained through reviewing policies and energy grant frameworks and identifying public sector levers to enable energy access, including opportunities for improved policies.

Summary of two articles, “Powering Progress: Kofa’s Journey to Transform Africa’s Energy Landscape” and “Quiet Revolution: How KofaGo is Transforming Business at Accra DVLA Park — Case Study”, that Kofa has published in Medium on their multi-use battery technology

An assessment on whether mini-grid communities might be missed by electricity mapping techniques. Can we tell when a mini-grid was installed with satellite imagery alone?

This research presents an overview of the challenges to mini-grid development, and highlights a selection of innovation projects, supported by Energy Catalyst, with the potential to address these challenges. It will also draw out relevant learnings and insights from these case studies.

A technical guide on Model Mini-Grid Regulations.

Shell Foundation write up on the TEA Forum, with focus on partnerships, innovative finance mechanisms and gender intentionality, referencing new initiatives or learning in each area

Insights from a pilot programme that tests innovative solutions for deploying solar photovoltaic systems to power health facilities in a sustainable and scalable way.

The article discusses efforts by the Enabling African Cities for Transformative Energy Access (ENACT) project, in collaboration with ICLEI Africa and Energy 4 Impact, to improve clean cooking access in Freetown’s informal settlements. These settlements, like many in sub-Saharan Africa, rely heavily on burning biomass for cooking, leading to indoor air pollution and health risks.