The ‘Powering Jobs Census 2022: The Energy Access Workforce’ report, which compiles employment data from a comprehensive survey conducted across Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda, explores the potential of decentralized renewable energy to help achieve both United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 7 and 8. The report was well received and stirred debate on how best to encourage growth and inclusion in the distributed renewable energy sector. https://mailchi.mp/powerforall.org/state-of-renewable-energy-jobs-in-africa-and-india?e=[UNIQID]
The leading mini-grid program in Africa today released its first findings after nearly two years of deployment in Kenya. The paper, Powering Productivity, investigates various factors that can make or break the value of a mini-grid including recruiting the appropriate customer base, generating revenue, balancing supply and demand and creating social impact… https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/articles/africas-leading-mini-grid-initiative-reports-key-findings
As deputy director for Africa for the World Resources Institute in Kenya, Rebekah Shirley works with local clean energy companies that demonstrate to the world that Africa is invested in fighting climate change, she said in a TED Talk. https://www.powerforall.org/insights/finance/regulatory-obstacles-and-financing-challenges-throttle-renewable-energy-access-sub-saharan-africa
More than 800,000 Kenyan dairy farmers have no electricity to refrigerate their milk, which means that about 60% of milk in Kenya spoils. Farmers don’t have access to electricity, and they can’t afford diesel generators, which are expensive to operate. https://www.powerforall.org/insights/impact/harvesting-hope-how-distributed-renewable-energy-can-reshape-agriculture-communities-and-planet
Power for All and IRENA are partnering to explore gender dynamics in the DRE sector, a field ripe for increasing women's participation, as seen in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Nigeria. https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/articles/empowering-women-distributed-renewable-energy
EV adoption in sub-Saharan Africa is accelerating with localized solutions, policy support, and public-private partnerships, as seen in Senegal and Kenya. https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/articles/african-electric-vehicle-odyssey-promising-journey-toward-sustainable-mobility
Practical Action’s PPEO 2017 focuses on how to finance people-driven energy access solutions. Through case studies from Bangladesh, Kenya and Togo, Practical Action highlights that we already have most of the tools needed to finance a bottom-up renewable revolution. https://www.powerforall.org/resources/fact-sheets-research-summaries/research-summary-poor-peoples-energy-outlook
In late 2018, Power for All conducted the first comprehensive jobs census of the decentralized renewable energy (DRE) sector, covering pico-solar appliances, solar home systems, standalone and grid-tied commercial and industrial systems, mini-grids and productive use applications such as solar water pumps. This summary synthesizes key findings in the three countries surveyed -- India, Kenya and Nigeria. https://www.powerforall.org/resources/fact-sheets-research-summaries/research-summary-jobs-decentralized-renewables-and-energy-transition
Download the Powering Jobs Census 2019: Focus on Kenya, to understand the growing employment opportunity within the decentralized renewable energy (DRE) sector, and within the communities gaining access to electricity for the first time. In Kenya, direct, formal DRE jobs are expected to grow 70% by 2022-23. https://www.powerforall.org/resources/reports/powering-jobs-census-2019-focus-kenya
Decentralized renewables have the potential to directly create up to 17,000 formal and 30,000 informal jobs in Kenya by 2022-23 https://www.powerforall.org/countries/kenya/first-annual-energy-access-jobs-census-released-showing-large-employment-opportunity