Interview with Dr. Arunabha Ghosh: 2022 Top Energy Access Trends
In this podcast episode, Dr. Ghosh, the founder and CEO of Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), and Power for All CEO, Kristina Skierka continue to dissect our 2022 top trends for energy access.
Campaign Update: February 2022
Our Powering Jobs' survey wraps up at the end of February and the next steps include Focus Group Discussions in each of the five survey countries. Our CEO, Kristina Skierka, spoke at The Economic Times “Energyworld Solar Power Congress.” Read on for these and other updates from our campaigns.
Power Africa Leadership to Meet Cleantech Innovators in SF Bay Area
Mark Carrato, Power Africa Coordinator, and Dan Kammen, USAID Energy Innovation Advisor, together with a senior team from Power Africa, will visit the Bay area on a domestic trip focused on connecting with cleantech innovators.
In this episode of the Power for All podcast, Kristina Skierka speaks with Glenn Pearce-Oroz, Senior Director of International Relations and Special Projects at Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) on trends to watch out for in the Decentralized Renewable Energy (DRE) sector in 2022. At the beginning of every year, Power for All releases a trends report that highlights anticipated developments that will shape the sector in the year informed by feedback from a survey to partners on their predictions.
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.
2021 was a year of growth at Power for All as we celebrated our sixth anniversary. The team grew, we started new projects and successfully participated in several global events. Here are some of the highlights from our campaigns and projects.
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Today, the state minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Honorable Okaasai Sidronius Opolot, commissioned a 40kWp mini grid in Kiwumu, Mukono district in Uganda to power 300 households and 60 local businesses.
Today, a coalition of global energy sector leaders launched a first-of-its-kind integrated energy pilot in Uganda. Led by Uganda’s largest power utility, Umeme, coordinated by Power for All and funded by The Rockefeller Foundation, the Utilities 2.0 Twaake pilot project unites Umeme Ltd, the centralized power utility company and several leading Uganda-based distributed renewable energy companies (DREs) to provide affordable, reliable, and clean power for all in what has been described as the utilities of the future.
Some of the upcoming events we will be attending:
The Utilities 2.0 Twaake project is an integrated energy pilot that unites Umeme Ltd, Uganda’s centralized power utility company and several leading Uganda-based distributed renewable energy companies (DREs) including Equatorial Power, EnerGrow and East African Power, to provide affordable, reliable, and clean power for all in what has been envisioned as the utilities of the future. The project is funded by The Rockefeller Foundation and coordinated by Power for All.