topics-n: Electricity/electrification
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Basic energy access lags amid renewable opportunities, new report shows
Global energy access gap persists: 675 million people without electricity, 2.3 billion people reliant on harmful cooking fuels WASHINGTON, June 6, 2023— A new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the World Bank, and the World Health Organization (WHO), released today, finds…
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Towards Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in Energy Utilities: Approaches, Methods, and Results from Nepal
The project Strengthening the Capacity of the Energy Sector to Deliver Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Results was implemented from January 2019 until December 2021. The project’s ultimate goal was to mainstream gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) in the program and project cycles of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA). The NEA is responsible for…
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Key learnings and findings from the “Gender and Energy Innovation Facility”
To bridge the gender gaps throughout the energy supply chain and in decision-making groups, ENERGIA, EnDev, Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS), Hivos and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) launched the Gender and Energy Innovation Facility (GEIF) in July 2020. The Facility supported pilot projects in Kenya, Tanzania and Nepal that developed, tested and…
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Kenya’s first locally produced solar system that empowers women
To bridge the gender gaps throughout the energy supply chain and in decision-making groups, ENERGIA, EnDev, Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS), Hivos and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), launched the “Gender and Energy Innovation Facility” (GEIF) in July 2020. The Facility supports pilot projects in Kenya, Tanzania and Nepal that develop, test and…
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Live Q&A: Financing a Green COVID-19 Recovery in the Off-Grid Solar Sector
Date: April 27, 2021 Time: 9 am EDT | 1 pm GMT | 4 pm EAT Location: Virtual event Registration: Please register here. The Efficiency for Access Live Q&A will discuss the importance of financing a green recovery through a conversation with investment and industry experts on Tuesday, 27 April. The panellists will take a look back at…
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Webinar: AEEP Energy Talks – Empowered Actors of Change
Date: April, 28 2021 Time: 14:00 – 15:45 CEST Location: Virtual event. Register: Register here. (CLOSED) The AEEP Energy Talks are a monthly webinar series organised by the Secretariat of the Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP) providing energy policymakers, experts and stakeholders with a bicontinental platform to exchange insights on emerging energy transition topics. To highlight and address the gender issues in the…
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Workshop: Energy transition through the lens of gender equality
Date: April, 27 2021 Time: 9:15 – 12:30 CEST Location: Virtual event. Register: Register to attend here. (CLOSED) – The slides are now available here. The event aims to bring together decision-makers, energy professionals and academics to discuss three main aspects of gender equality in the energy transition: 1. Gender mainstreaming in the energy sector: to…
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Mini-grids and Productive Use: Implications for Gender and Social Inclusion
Date and Time: Tuesday, October 6th, 2020 | 16h00 EAT | 15h00 CET | 09h00 EDT Location: Online To join the meeting, please follow this link. (CLOSED). The recording is now available here. Join Power for All and Energypedia in this live webinar discussion with mini-grids developers, gender specialist, and a data expert as they talk about…