One solution to the limited economic impact of increased access to SHSs would be to focus on the provision of mini grids. Capable of powering entire rural communities or urban suburbs, research demonstrates that...

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Sex-for-fish deals are common in Lake Victoria's fishing industry, which is controlled by men who can afford the tools needed to catch fish, including the lights used to attract the cyprinid, say local women's...

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In a recent study, Patrick Lehmann-Grube, an independent researcher, and I reviewed 56 papers that focused on how access to off-grid solar energy impacts household income in Africa. Initially, the available evidence appears to...

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Ikea is partnering with a solar technology and energy services provider to begin selling home solar energy solutions in California. “The U.S. subsidiary of the Swedish furniture and home goods giant is teaming up with SunPower...

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UN Sustainable Development Goal 7 aspires to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030. But in Africa, around 600 million people continue to live without access to electricity....

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This year, the silicon PV manufacturing industry has begun to shift toward n-type technologies, largely due to their potential for higher performance compared to today’s mainstream p-type PERC cells. A few different n-type technologies...

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The provision of the PAYGO model will allow families unable to afford the upfront costs of solar home systems to pay for the equipment over a duration of some years at less than $0.20...

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Solar lights use photovoltaic (PV) cells, which absorb the sun’s energy and create an electrical charge that moves through the panel.1 Wires from the solar cell connect to the battery, which converts and stores the...

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More than one million households are dependent on polluting and inefficient lighting by kerosene or candles and increasingly expensive generators. Less than one in five people living in remote and rural communities across Benin have...

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Gillian-Alexandre Huart, ENGIE Energy Access CEO, explained that over the last couple of years, the private sector has developed off-grid solutions such as solar home systems (SHS), micro- and mini-grids, which have clearly proven...

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