[HTML][HTML] A review of business models for access to affordable and clean energy in Africa: Do they deliver social, economic, and environmental value?

V Mukoro, M Sharmina, A Gallego-Schmid - Energy Research & Social …, 2022 - Elsevier
Africa has the potential to base a significant proportion of its development on renewable
energy. Business models will be instrumental to this end because they are among the key …

[HTML][HTML] Harvesting the sun twice: Energy, food and water benefits from agrivoltaics in East Africa

RJ Randle-Boggis, GA Barron-Gafford… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2025 - Elsevier
Food, energy and water insecurity are concomitant challenges facing many communities in
East Africa. Agrivoltaic systems–agriculture integrated with photovoltaic panels–address all …

Rural electrification through mini-grids: Challenges ahead

J Peters, M Sievert, MA Toman - Energy Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent debates on how to provide electricity to the roughly one billion still unconnected
people in develo** countries have identified mini-grids as a promising way forward. High …

New frontiers of electricity capital: energy access in sub-Saharan Africa

L Baker - New Political Economy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
While recent years have seen the rapid growth of off-grid solar power, ten per cent of the
world's population, the majority in sub-Saharan Africa, still lack access to electricity …

[HTML][HTML] Swarm electrification: A comprehensive literature review

S Sheridan, K Sunderland, J Courtney - Renewable and sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
Swarm Electrification (SE) is a relatively new concept, gaining considerable attention as a
tool to provide last-mile electrification. A swarm grid is like a micro-grid, but rather than a …

Demand for off-grid solar electricity: Experimental evidence from Rwanda

M Grimm, L Lenz, J Peters… - Journal of the Association …, 2020 - journals.uchicago.edu
High hopes are pinned on market-based dissemination of off-grid technologies to
complement expensive grid extension in providing electricity to the nearly 1 billion …

A justice and wellbeing centered framework for analysing energy poverty in the Global South

S Samarakoon - Ecological Economics, 2019 - Elsevier
Approximately one billion people in the Global South, a large proportion of which reside in
rural sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian sub-continent, live without access to electricity …

Information dissemination and residential solar PV adoption rates: The effect of an information campaign in Sweden

A Palm, B Lantz - Energy Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Information campaigns promoting sustainable technology adoption are common.
However, knowledge about their effects is limited. In this study, the effect of a Swedish …

Pay-As-You-Go financing: A model for viable and widespread deployment of solar home systems in rural India

P Yadav, AP Heynen, D Palit - Energy for sustainable development, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Decentralised Solar Home Systems (SHSs) are established as an effective strategy
to connect the 'last mile'without electricity access and leapfrog communities to clean energy …

Towards people-private-public partnerships: An integrated community engagement model for capturing energy access needs

B Batidzirai, PA Trotter, A Brophy, S Stritzke… - Energy Research & …, 2021 - Elsevier
It is widely accepted that community engagement is vital for achieving sustainable
development outcomes. While governments in several low-income countries have …