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Jun 2025
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Ayrton Fund: Green Jobs Insights StudyThis Ayrton Fund report analyses job creation data within the Fund’s clean energy innovation portfolio to provide recommendations for better measuring and reporting on the transition to a low-carbon economy. |
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Nov 2024
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Cultivating Opportunities in Africa: Powering agricultural productivity through Renewable Energy IntegrationAs 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*. |
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Nov 2024
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Powering Renewable Energy Opportunities in Pacific Island CountriesThe selected projects for the latest funding round from PREO (Powering Renewable Energy Opportunities) have been announced, marking a significant milestone in extending the impact of the Ayrton Fund via Transforming Energy Access to Pacific Island Countries. |
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Oct 2024
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Knowledge disseminated through TEA@SUNRISE network newsletter Q1 24-25The 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 |
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Aug 2024
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E-commerce Innovation Spotlight: How has e-commerce developed?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. |
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Jul 2024
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Blog: TEA@SUNRISE to lead the Ayrton Challenge on Next Generation SolarThis 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 |
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May 2024
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Improving clean cooking access in Freetown (Sierra Leone)’s informal settlements: VideoThis 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 |
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May 2024
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Mini-grid Tariff Settlement on the African Continent – Lessons from the Execution of Phase OneThis 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. |
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May 2024
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AFUR Mainstreaming Mini-grid Tariff Settlement Tools and Methodologies Baseline GAP Analysis Final ReportAFUR Mainstreaming Mini-grid Tariff Settlement Tools and Methodologies Baseline GAP Analysis Final Report |
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May 2024
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Definition within Challenge Plan. Public circulation of blog “WHAT ARE NEXT-GENERATION PHOTOVOLTAICS AND WHY DO WE NEED THEM?”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. |
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Apr 2024
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Freetown City Energy ProfileThis 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 |
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Apr 2024
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Verasol revision proposol memo for stakeholder commentsVeraSol 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 |
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Apr 2024
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Kofa’s journey to transforming Africa’s energy landscapeSummary 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 |
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Apr 2024
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Are mini-grid communities being left out of energy access maps? A study of nighttime light detection in Sierra LeoneAn 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? |
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Apr 2024
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Tackling challenges in mini-grid development: An innovation showcaseThis 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 |
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Apr 2024
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Model Mini-Grid Regulations – A Technical GuideA technical guide on Model Mini-Grid Regulations. |
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Mar 2024
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TEA forum highlights critical need for partnerships in scaling clean energyShell 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 |
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Mar 2024
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Insights from a Pilot Programme for Healthcare Electrification in sub-Saharan Africa – Shell FoundationInsights from a pilot programme that tests innovative solutions for deploying solar photovoltaic systems to power health facilities in a sustainable and scalable way. |
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Mar 2024
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60 Decibels Off-Grid Energy Benchmarks60 Decibels has collected impact data since 2015 for Off-Grid Energy Companies. These benchmarks include data from over 662,000+ interviews in 107 countries, with customers of 1,400+ companies through 3,229 Lean Data projects across multiple sectors: energy, agriculture, financial inclusion, |
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Mar 2024
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Clean cooking in African informal settlements: Assessing scalable solutions in FreetownThe 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, |