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

A man wearing a mask, standing in front of a large number of solar panels, talks to a wider group of people who are mostly wearing high visibility clothing and hard hats.

Rethinking rural electrification: are cooperatives best for delivery?

Kevin Johnstone and Frank Bergh
25 September 2023

A man thrashes rice in a field, with mountains in the background.

The push for clean energy: how nickel mining expansion is impacting agrarian economies in Indonesia

Mutmainnah Adenan and Imran Tumora
12 September 2023

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Just transition litigation: a tool for more just and sustainable economies

Maria Antonia Tigre and Natalia Urzola
04 September 2023

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Carbon credits are distorting markets and destroying local businesses

Annet Nakyeyune
27 June 2023

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Bundling technology for gender equality

November 2022 - July 2023

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

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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

9268IIED.pdf

Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining: Challenges and opportunities

G00556.pdf

MMSD Working Paper No. 64 Industrial Clays Case Study

G00597.pdf

MMSD First Meeting of the Assurance Group

G00617.pdf

MMSD The Sponsoring Group

G00642.pdf

MMSD Bulletin 3

Wind power turbines and electricity pylons alongside one another in China

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

Article, 14 November 2019

People installing solar panels in a field

Accelerating energy access with aggregation

Article, 13 November 2019

People putting up solar panels

Inclusive finance for universal energy access

Article, 13 November 2019

A large solar panel with Nepalese mountains in the background.

Critical theme: How can inclusive finance accelerate universal energy access?

Event on 14 November 2019

An oil rig silhouetted at sunset

Critical theme: The polluter elite, inequality and the ecological crisis

Event on 22 July 2019

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