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in support of developing an innovation lab to assess the viability of mini-grid models to support energy service companies to accelerate energy access for poor and vulnerable people in rural areas in Africa

toward the costs of creating a new energy consumption metric that better captures energy’s role in economic transformation and helps to translate research into policy to support more effective and increased energy provision for economic growth

toward the costs of a feasibility study for a new model of energy company in Nigeria that would provide universal energy access through a combination of on- and off-grid solutions

in support of informing policy outcomes and policy, regulatory and utility planning solutions to energy access in rural India, ultimately increasing the availability of public funding for rural decentralized renewable energy power plants and other energy efficient technologies

in general support of its mission to provide data and create insight so philanthropic funders can better define, assess and improve their effectiveness and impact

toward the costs of a project to conduct a non-partisan analysis, propose policy reforms and convene leaders, policymakers, investors, researchers, and other actors to boost energy generation and access in Sub-Saharan Africa

toward the costs of launching the Universal Access to Renewable Energy initiative in Rwanda and Kenya to work with a range of partners to scale decentralized renewable energy solutions to accelerate energy access.

in support of market research to better understand the gaps in the off-grid energy sector value chain and common barriers to scaling energy access encountered by private sector companies, in order to create a fund for investing in energy access for rural communities in Kenya and Rwanda

in support of a project to produce a series of knowledge publications and facilitate related roundtables to disseminate best practices and insights based on Smart Power Rural Development’s work in India on implementing mini-grids in rural communities and using the mini-grid model to spur global economic development through energy access