• Microgrid Financing

    This section includes white papers on Microgrid Financing
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    April 10, 2025
    The African minigrid market is expanding, driving up electrification rates and spurring job creation. However, a new report from the Africa Minigrid Developers Association found...

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    Feb. 10, 2025
    As we enter 2025, microgrids are driving the evolution of the New Energy Landscape, fueled by advancements in renewable energy and smart technology. I see several transformati...
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    March 27, 2025
    The 12 MW Desert to Power Eritrea Minigrid Project will power homes, small-scale farms, agricultural processing zones and water supply systems, improving electricity access for...
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    Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley launches the Barbados Energy Transition and Investment Plan flanked by Damilola Ogunbiyi, special representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All and co-chair of UN-Energy, among others at the SEforALL Global Forum (Source: Sustainable Energy for All)
    March 21, 2025
    A $500 million distributed renewable energy fund was announced by the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, SEforAll, International Solar Alliance and Africa50 to develop and...
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    Jan. 23, 2025
    Short answer: we don't know yet. Tax credits might be safe without legislative action, but grants and loans could be under threat.
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    Jan. 10, 2025
    Small hydroelectric microgrids in Puerto Rico and solar-powered microgrids for a California tribal community were among the 10 clean energy projects that advanced to the final...
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    Jan. 6, 2025
    Here’s one way local energy would work: A school with building rooftops covered with solar could produce excess electricity to serve the campus and its neighbors. Batteries that...
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    A solar installation in Hughes, Alaska. (Image credit Eddie Dellamary)
    Nov. 5, 2024
    Given the enormous stakes and one-time funding opportunities currently on the table for rural energy microgrid projects, this could be a turning point moment in Alaska’s history...
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    Oct. 11, 2024
    The Department of Energy’s Community Microgrid Assistance Partnership initiative aims to help remote, rural and electrically isolated communities leverage microgrid technologies...