Renewable Energy Creating Skilled Jobs In Africa & Asia
A new census in Africa by Power For All finds that for each skilled job in renewable energy created, up to five more jobs opportunities are added in the broader economy.
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The Impacts Of Bringing Electricity To Rural & Vulnerable Populations
Today we’re able to build self-driving trucks, to communicate with smart humanoids, and to play video games with virtual reality technologies. Yet there are 1.06 billion people living without access to electricity across the world (IEA and World Bank, 2017). That’s one in every five people, most of them living in rural Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, they rely on kerosene, candles, and battery torches for essential lighting.
A “Quick Start Guide” For Ending Rural Energy Poverty
Solving complex development issues doesn’t usually come with a quick start manual. New findings, however, suggest that delivering electricity access to 1 billion rural poor may be an exception.
Power For All Outlines Policies Necessary For Ending Energy Poverty By 2030
A follow-up report published by Power for All has outlined a suite of policies impoverished nations can adopt to accelerate the adoption of decentralised renewable energy products and services, which is a big step on the road to providing reliable electricity to the over billion people without access to energy.
Bringing More Women Entrepreneurs Into Clean Renewable Energy Revolution
Originally published on Ecopreneurist. Decentralized sustainable energy technologies—both at the individual systems level, such as solar home systems, and at the mini-grid level servicing 50 to 100 households—are the cheapest solutions for energy access in an increasing number of locations. That’s the finding of a new report by the International … [continued]
Solar Policy Roundup: Arizona Solar Ceasefire, 3rd-Party-Solar Fight In North Carolina…
To complement the big solar and wind project roundup I just published, here’s one focused on solar policy news. ACC Approves Tucson Electric Power’s Bid To Increase Renewable Energy, Sans Utility-Owned Solar Following the ongoing and sometimes bitter confrontation between solar advocates and utilities, the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) has … [continued]
Power For All: Electricity For All From Clean Renewables Is Cheapest & Quickest Option
Originally published on Solar Love. Power for All is a global campaign dedicated to promoting the fastest, most cost-effective, and most sustainable approach to universal energy access. It was first introduced at the United Nation’s Sustainable Energy For All forum in New York on May 21, 2015, reports TreeHugger. ”We shouldn’t have to … [continued]
New Campaign Seeks To Bring Electricity To Hundreds Of Millions
A new campaign, Power for All, wants to bring electricity to hundreds of millions of people in areas where there currently is none.
