The Political Economy of Investment in Renewable Electricity in Kenya
Kenya has been hailed as a successful sub-Saharan African country in attracting private investment for renewable energy. However, energy...
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Kenya has been hailed as a successful sub-Saharan African country in attracting private investment for renewable energy. However, energy...
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
The vast potential of renewable energy is failing to be realised in many African countries, in spite of the many pledges made by donors and international financiers.
Published by: IDS
The need to shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy systems is now broadly accepted, and our understanding of how different policy mechanisms can support this process is growing.
Published by: IDS
The allocation of finance for the provision of green electricity in sub-Saharan Africa should be informed by two questions. Which generation technologies are financially viable? And which generation technologies are affordable?
Published by: IDS
The recent emphasis on the provision of modern energy services as an important ingredient for development has improved finance availability for the goal of Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL).
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This paper reviews the literature for a project which seeks to develop a new Green Growth Diagnostics methodology and apply it to countries in Africa.
Published by: IDS
Is Kenya on track to follow an electrification strategy that is green and pro-poor? What are the main challenges to following this path? The two questions guiding this study are particularly relevant in a country with exceptional renewable energy resources, but where 80 per cent of the population lacks access to electricity and 50 per cent lives in poverty.
Published by: IDS
This paper aims to inform policy looking to step up investment in the electricity sector of developing countries and align it to other development goals such as universal access to energy or sustainability.
Published by: Practical Action Publishing
The literature review generated insight into the findings of previous studies regarding productive uses of electricity and poverty impacts, and was used to inform the design of the case study research.