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Accelerating energy access with aggregation

Wind power turbines and electricity pylons alongside one another in China

Podcast

Delivering energy access for all: Make Change Happen podcast episode 2

People putting up solar panels

Article

Inclusive finance for universal energy access

A local blackout in Dar Es Salaam. Power outages in Tanzania's capital are often caused by old cables and transformers (Photo: jay grandin, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Blog

Improving Tanzania’s power quality: can data help?

Rural welders use mini-grid electricity to generate income (Photo: Energy Change Lab)

Blog

Power that changes lives: three lessons from a rural energy champion

Among IIED's work on ways to ensure that the benefits of energy systems reach the people who currently lack access to energy are energy labs in Tanzania, explains Ben Garside (Image: IIED)

News

Understanding the SDGs: powering Goal Seven

Publications

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Climate finance for hydropower

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How climate finance can help repurpose hydropower

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Accelerating energy access with aggregation

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Remote but productive: Practical lessons from productive uses of energy in Tanzania

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Moving More Money: Can aggregation catalyse off-grid financing?

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Bridging the gap: how inclusive finance boosts access to off-grid energy

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A vendor in India uses energy produced by a micro-grid funded by SunFunder (Photo: Sameer Halai/SunFunder)

Off-grid energy powered by the crowd

Blog, Apr 2015

Public protests against new dams in Patagonia. RIMISP's study shows the need for public consultation on major infrastructure projects (Photo: Glenn Switkes/International Rivers, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Learning the lessons from Chile's energy transformation

Blog, Mar 2015

The Zimbabwe Homeless People’s Federation secures houses, sanitation and land rights for members. Communication and participation are central to the way it works (Photo: Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI), Creative Commons via Flickr)

Do you have the power to influence your own life?

Blog, Mar 2015

A small mining operation near Garies in the Western Cape, South Africa (Photo: jbdodane, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Stuck between a deposit and a hard place

Blog, Feb 2015

Artisanal and small-scale mining accounts for 20 per cent of world gold production (Photo: Travis Lupick, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

Delivering solutions through multi-stakeholder dialogue

Project, Feb 2015

Which is the best approach when working for sustainable energy for all? (Photo: Bernard Polet, via Flickr)

How can we finance sustainable energy for all?

Blog, Dec 2014

Hivos and IIED staff visit Dikira village in Sumba, Indonesia, as part of the Hivos 'Energy Bootcamp', in June 2014 (Photo: Hivos)

IIED-Hivos Partnership

Project, Nov 2014

Low-cost solar lanterns enable a boy to study at home in the small village of Shidhulai in the Natore District of northwestern Bangladesh (Photo: G.M.B. Akash/PANOS)

Universal energy access: combining public and private sector efforts

Blog, Sep 2014

Sumba, Indonesia: A local man operates a new diesel-rice-husk-powered electricity generator. It currently serves 70 households and could serve more. The government pays for it, contractors build it and the community runs it (Photo: Sarah Best/IIED)

Energy literacy for all? Cracking the very hard 'soft side' of energy development

Blog, Sep 2014

Solar phone charging on a Ugandan island shows even isolated areas in Africa are getting connected by mobile phones and creating demand for energy (Photo: futureatlas.com/blog/)

Transforming energy access: a conversation with Kandeh Yumkella

Blog, Jul 2014

Extractive industry workers are pictured on a beach; a new report recommends that transparency initiatives need to be more inclusive and relevant to local needs for communities most affected by oil, gas or mining projects (Photo: iStockphoto.com/Getty Images)

Transparency: Giving local communities a window on the extractive industries

Blog, May 2014

Renewable energy has a place to play in providing energy access to small farms (Photo via Google reuse rights))

Calling all energy and agriculture experts: meet, talk and collaborate

Blog, Apr 2014