Every day that families are trapped in energy poverty, there is a huge cost; a billion people lose out on the health, education, and opportunity that comes with access to clean, affordable power. Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) have much needed goals to end energy poverty but still focus most of their energy funding on projects that take many years to complete. Rapidly deployable decentralized renewables can bring energy access to millions much quicker. …health, education, and opportunity that comes with access to clean, affordable power… https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/articles/share-message-endenergypovertyfaster
India is one of the largest consumers of kerosene on an absolute and per capita basis. Because there are no accessible, affordable and established sustainable alternatives, poor rural households — especially in remote rural areas — continue to use kerosene as their primary lighting fuel despite the well-recorded health hazards. But this is changing, according to new policy analysis by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). …health hazards… https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/articles/billions-savings-kerosene-subsidy-cuts-should-go-distributed-solar-iisd
Power for All was launched 5 years ago today on May 21, 2015. It's a time to celebrate, but also a time to reflect. We face great disruption in the world, compounded by an unprecedented health crisis. Our CEO Kristina Skierka writes about Power for All's incredible journey, our successes and struggles, and explores the road ahead for the decentralized renewable energy sector. https://mailchi.mp/powerforall/may-2020-happy-birthday-to-us
Powering rural health care with distributed clean energy. https://www.powerforall.org/resources/action-plans/power-health-india-action-plan
In this podcast, the focus is on the installation of mini-grids in Karu Primary Health Centre in Abuja, Nigeria, by Volsus Energy. It represents the Volsus Solar for Health (VSFH) mini-grid program which is targeting to install 5,000 units of mini-grids across health centers to improve healthcare delivery services in Nigeria. https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/interviews/interview-babatomiwa-bayo-ojo-promoting-healthcare-service-delivery-nigeria
Power for All is working at the center of energy and health sectors to help scale decentralized renewable energy--mini grids and rooftop solar--that can solve these challenges quickly and cost effectively. https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/videos/decentralized-renewable-energy-and-healthcare
Nearly 38 million people in the state of Jharkhand, India, do not have access to critical and basic health services. Decentralized Renewable Energy can empower the 4000 rural health centers with reliable electricity, which will ensure quality health care for all in the state. https://www.powerforall.org/resources/fact-sheets-research-summaries/fact-sheet-solarizing-rural-health-centers-jharkhand
Health care and energy coalition release action plan to achieving universal health care powered by distributed clean energy. https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/press-releases/ten-steps-improving-rural-health-care-india
Power for All was well represented at the Sustainable Energy for All Forum in Kigali, Rwanda. The team, led by our CEO Kristina Skierka, also co-chaired two-panel discussions at the event, ‘Transitioning to the Grid of the Future’ and ‘Powering Jobs: Building a Workforce to Meet the SGD 7 Challenge’. The Powering Jobs campaign kicked off its first steering committee meeting in Ethiopia and held its second in Uganda. We also have the initial findings from our health survey from Jharkhand State in India. Read on for these and other updates from our campaigns. https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-update-may-2022
Vaccine cold chain only a first step Refrigation for vaccines is essential to achieve global equity in the fight against COVID, but to ensure universal health care requires service-based models, a standardized and affordable supply chain of off-grid medical devices, and much great inter-sectoral collaboration to power 10s of thousands of unelectrified clinics. https://www.powerforall.org/insights/impact/vaccine-cold-chain-beginning-not-end-rural-healthcare