This new GOGLA report presents compelling data on the economic impact of off-grid solar systems: nearly 60% of households using small scale-solar power in East Africa report a rise in economic activity.
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This report explores how power demand will evolve in the region, along with the associated supply requirements; how much it will cost to supply the needed power, plus the options available to manage the expense; and what is required to ensure that the new capacity gets built
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This white paper is the first of several data-driven research pieces that will be produced by Vulcan and steama.co. It focuses on consumption and revenue growth and on building a knowledge base about rural consumers’ ability and willingness to pay.
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This report provides a conceptual framework for the development of a
private sector facility to pool and cross-collateralize diverse capital to support
international mini-grid portfolios.
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A new Rocky Mountain Institute report, Minigrids in the Money: Six Ways to Reduce Minigrid Costs by 60% for Rural Electrification, describes the barriers that minigrids currently face in reaching this potential and lays out a prospective pathway to address them and to bring minigrids to scale. The promise of minigrids is illustrated by looking at two typical and neighboring off-grid communities in central Nigeria.
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The paper reveals that offering appliances on credit to rural mini-grid customers is an effective way of unlocking demand for electricity.
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This report uses insights from over 30 interviews with market experts and research of public literature. The main objective of the report is to help inform discussions on the viability of auctions as a potential mechanism to support the sector scale up in Africa.
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This analysis confirms that electricity use is interconnected through complex causal relations with multiple dimensions of socio-economic development, viz. income generating activities, market production and revenues, household economy, local health and population, education, and habits and social networks
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This report is a compilation of technical, financial and economic advice. The materials contained in this report are presented as an overview of a study that was conducted in Kenya.
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