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Sam Miles contributes to a new assessment report, “Digitalising Innovative Finance: Emerging instruments for early- stage innovators in low- and middle-income countries”
For the report, click here. Executive summary Digital technologies play a significant role in unlocking the potential of innovative financing mechanisms across the utilities sectors in Africa and Asia. Across these sectors, access to capital is a major challenge, particularly when enterprises have outgrown grant funding but do not have the scale to tap into […]
US, China [can] cooperate on green energy in rural areas
For the original click here, or navigate to China Daily: https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202310/16/WS652c910da31090682a5e8aeb.html US, China cooperate on green energy in rural areas By MINGMEI LI in New York | Xinhua | Innovation in rural area-green energy development and boosting collaboration between the United States and China in science and technology are being emphasized at a “smart […]
Half of Americans can’t install solar panels. Here’s how they can plug into the sun.
Half of Americans can’t install solar panels. Here’s how they can plug into the sun. Advice by Michael J. Coren, Climate Advice Columnist, The Washington Post October 10, 2023 (for the original in The Washington Post, click here.) https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/10/10/community-solar-renters-apartments-discounted-electricity/ No roof, no solar power. That has been the dispiriting equation shutting out roughly half of all Americans from plugging into […]
ERG COLLOQUIUM – The Power of Health: Accelerating the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals
—————————————————————-ERG Colloquium———————————————————— September 20, 2023 Location: 141 Giannini Hall, University of California, Berkeley Time: 16:00 – 17:30 PDT Title: The Power of Health: Accelerating the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals Summary: Clean energy is undergoing a cost and performance revolution, and health, social andgender-justice crises across Africa are exploding. With that background, how do we rapidlyand with […]