Energy

We focus on promoting equitable and resilient energy systems, responsible energy industries, and pro-poor access to affordable, efficient and clean energy services

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Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL)

Renewable energy

Woman bends over to put a small plastic cup in a cooking pot, which is on a stove.

Tailored cooking solutions to close the gender gap

Enzo Leone
11 April 2022

A man stands behind a desk raising an object in the air as he makes a demonstration to people seated in a semi-circle around him.

Which green energy technologies will boost jobs and income? Farmers in Kitui, Kenya decide

Kelvin Muthui
06 April 2022

Zenital view of a woman, wearing a headscarf, holding a spoon and a bowl with greens in front of a pot with more greens.

Household energy: a missing ingredient in nutrition debates

Giulia Nicolini
21 February 2022

A man in a suit sits at a table with his hands crossed in front of him.

UK Chancellor delivers fiscal statement

17 November 2022

Woman bends over to put a small plastic cup in a cooking pot, which is on a stove.

Tailored cooking solutions to close the gender gap

Enzo Leone
11 April 2022

A man stands behind a desk raising an object in the air as he makes a demonstration to people seated in a semi-circle around him.

Which green energy technologies will boost jobs and income? Farmers in Kitui, Kenya decide

Kelvin Muthui
06 April 2022

Zenital view of a woman, wearing a headscarf, holding a spoon and a bowl with greens in front of a pot with more greens.

Household energy: a missing ingredient in nutrition debates

Giulia Nicolini
21 February 2022

A group of men and women wearing masks stand around a device being demonstrated by a man.

Energy enabling green development and recovery in Kitui County, Kenya

July 2021 - July 2022

Outdoor shopping arcade with business adverts

Productive uses of energy support sustainable and resilient livelihoods in least developed countries

16 September 2021

A woman holds a poster with instructions. Another one holds a loudpseaker and points at a poster.

Building resilience and greening the COVID-19 recovery in least developed countries

March 2021 - October 2021

Mechanical workshop

Productive uses of energy: what does it take to stimulate demand?

Event on 23 June 2021

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Learn more about focused areas of IIED's energy work

Transforming energy systems

A programme of work focused on equitable energy driving climate-resilient communities

Publications

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21156iied.pdf

Better farmer benefits from renewable energy: improving inclusion and uptake in Kenya

20721iied.pdf

What drives safeguarding for China’s hydropower projects in LDCs?

20356IIED.pdf

Productive uses of energy for resilient livelihoods in LDCs

16051IIED.pdf

Energy services for local development: integrated and inclusive planning for county governments in Kenya

16681iied.pdf

Small business, big demand: facilitating finance for productive uses of energy in Tanzania

G00529.pdf

MMSD Working Paper No. 2 Indigenous Peoples, Mining, and International Law

G00562.pdf

MMSD Working Paper No. 68b Mining for the Future Appendix I: Porgera Riverine Disposal Case Study

G00601.pdf

MMSD Southern Africa - Research Topic 6: Baseline Survey of the Mining and Minerals Sector

G00624.pdf

MMSD Working Paper No. 218 Report of The Workshop on Indigenous Peoples and Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development Perth, 4-6 February 2002

G00649.pdf

An MMSD Briefing Paper

A group of fishermen on a boat in Bangladesh

Leave no one behind: assessing policy choices

Archived Project

Kaleta Dam under construction in Guinea (Photo: Jamie Skinner/IIED)

Who should carry the financial risks in large private sector financed hydropower projects?

Blog, 17 December 2018

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

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

Blog, 19 September 2018

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)

Improving Tanzania’s power quality: can data help?

Blog, 29 June 2018

The sun beats down on Dongo village, Tanzania. Children walk with cattle while women carry water buckets (Photo: Chih-Jung Lee)

Shining a light on energy consumers in rural Tanzania

Blog, 12 March 2018

Solar panels, such as these in Bhutan, are benefiting millions of energy-poor households (Photo: Richard Furlong, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

Turning up the volume: five insights into aggregating finance for expanding off grid energy investment

Blog, 03 November 2017

A woman miner holds a rough red garnet found at a mine in Tanzania. Tanzania's artisanal and small-scale miners are fuelled by determination and the hope to strike it big (Photo: Magali Rochat)

Four lessons on communicating ASM stories of change

Blog, 17 October 2017

Esilalei, Tanzania: Teresia Olotai uses a refrigerator plugged into a solar powered micro-grid. Delivering energy access in rural Tanzania could help transform local economies (Photo: Morgana Wingard, USAID, Creative Commons via Flickr)

How energy can generate growth in Tanzania's rural economy

Blog, 21 September 2017

Sapphire pits to be rehabilitated in Anikilabo, shown during the site visit of the major of a local mining community, Ampasy Nahampoana (Photo: Andry Rabemanantsoa/GIZ PAGE Madagascar)

Dialogue and action in equal measure

Blog, 13 March 2017

Esther Msafiri demonstrates using electricity for oil pressing in Njombe region, Tanzania (Photo: Sarah Best/IIED)

Powering local development in Tanzania

Blog, 24 February 2017