Self-governance for SMGs in Remote Settings – Learnings from India

Blog Blog by Arianna Tozzi One quarter of the global population with no access to electricity lives in India, the majority in rural parts of the country. The urban-rural divide is stark: 93% of urban households use electricity as the main source of lighting, compared...

Making climate policy more resilient to electoral cycles and shocks

Blog Blog by Thijs Van de Graaf Tomorrow, two years after the adoption of the Paris Agreement, French President Macron will host a special climate summit in Paris to take further action to implement the 2015 deal, notably on climate finance. U.S. President Trump is...

Solar Mini-Grids and the Future of Rural Electrification in India

Blog Blog by Shalu Agrawal On September 25, 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Saubhagya scheme, aimed at ensuring electricity connection to yet-to-electrified 40 million households, by December 2018. This scheme complements the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram...

Energy poverty breeds fantastic solutions and surprising behaviours

Blog Blog by Sini Numminen Access to truly green energy technologies with sufficient quality is a critical issue for the poorest.   In a country where more than 250 million people live without access to electricity connection in their homes, and around as many...