Newsletter Archive
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December 2021
Ahead of the series and associated paper’s launch, Ashley Wearne, GET.transform Africa Lead, speaks about productive use of energy (PUE) – topic GET.transform analyzed closely this year – highlighting five noticeable shifts.
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September 2021
Insightful piece by William Brent, Chief Marketing Officer of Husk Power, interview with Jessica Stephens, CEO of AMDA and Chairperson of the MGP Steering Committee and a piece about SEforALL’s Mini-Grids Emissions Tool!
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June 2021
Interview with Afhan Hannan, CEO of Okra Sola, selection of relevant reports and updates from the sector.
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March 2021
Launch of the AfDB Africa Mini-Grid Acceleration Programme (AMAP), selection of relevant reports and updates from the sector.
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December 2020
Op-ed by Aaron Leopold, CEO of AMDA and Chairperson of MGP Steering Committee, blog post by the Mini-Grids Funders Group, selection of relevant reports and updates from the sector.
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October 2020
Selection of relevant news from the mini-grid sector across Africa and Asia and overview of mini-grids market reports.
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May 2020
Update on UK DFID support to Green Mini-Grids in Africa, latest sector developments in context of COVID-19 and more.
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February 2020
Interview with Energy Action Partners, TFE Energy op-ed and more resources.
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November 2019
Covers interviews with Togolese Rural Electrification and Renewable Energies Agency, Rocky Mountain Institute, and more resources.
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August 2019
Covers innovators in the mini-grids market, an update from a Mini-Grids Partnership meeting, and more resources.
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April 2019
Covers an interview with CrossBoundary Energy Access, an annual update on UK DFID work in Green Mini-Grids, and more.
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January 2019
Covers an interview with the African Association for Rural Electrification, report on energy access to populations, and more.
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August 2018
Covers an interview with the Managing Director, Nigerian Rural Electrification Agency, the Africa Mini-Grid Developers Association, and more.
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June 2018
Covers an editorial by the MGP Steering Committee Chair, includes the report by Navigant Research on distributed energy resources, and more.
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September 2017
Covers analysis of the link between mini-grids and productive growth, the formation of the African Mini-Grid Developers Association (AMDA), and other news.
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August 2017
Latest sector updates and an a feature on an interesting new USAID’s programme in Kenya
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July 2017
All the latest updates from the mini-grid sector!
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January 2017
Covers details on how to join the Mini-Grid Partnership (formerly HIO), an update on the DFID supported Green Mini-Grids program in Africa and other news.
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October 2016
Covers a World Bank staffer’s account of electricity provision to Myanmar’s off-grid communities through mini-grids,and Navigant Research’s work on microgrid markets.
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June 2016
Covers the operation of modeling software such as HOMER in making a business case for mini-grid deployment, and other news.
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March 2016
Covers the Indian government’s policy changes in favor of renewable energy based mini-grids, the case for Solar Nano-Grids in Kenya and other news.