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11/06/2026

Tomorrow!
Join us and hear from students what they have to say about the future of housing. Youth from , and will share their ideas and reflections. Join the discussion!

The event is part of the New European Bauhaus Festival.

👉 Register now and don't miss out!
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10/06/2026

Through the Africa Minigrids Program (AMP), UNDP’s most ambitious sustainable energy access initiative to date, communities across the region are gaining access to reliable, affordable energy through solar-powered minigrids.

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The Africa Minigrids Program is supporting women in Nigeria to improve their lives and become leaders in the sustainable energy transition.

09/06/2026

Do you have a cutting-edge digital product or service that can increase energy access, accelerate the energy transition, or improve the operational efficiency of energy utilities in Africa? Apply for the Digital Energy Challenge focusing on Transforming Energy Access across two categories:

💠 Tech Accelerator for innovative digital projects in one of the 51 specified countries in Africa
💠 Partnership for a collaborative project in , developed with the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC)

A total budget of €827K will be allocated to selected projects to develop, test and implement innovative digital and AI-enabled solutions.

3 priority topics:
💠 Grid Planning and Investment Optimization
💠 Microgrid and DER Management Platform
💠 Data Platform and Integrated Network Visibility

Beyond cash, winners get an expert-led bootcamp, technical guidance through implementation, and visibility.

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The aim of the Challenge is to support the development of innovative solutions for greater energy access, to faciliate the integration of renewable energies and improve energy operators' performance.

15/05/2026

In April, the 6th S-Access: International Conference on Solar Technologies & Hybrid Mini-Grids for Energy Access concluded in Palma de Mallorca, bringing together a global community committed to advancing sustainable, scalable, and inclusive energy access.
137 participants from 40 countries shared their knowledge from productive use and mini-grid demand to e-mobility, capacity building, and supply chain challenges.

Energypedia participated in the poster session, highlighting its role as a knowledge broker.
It was great to engage in interesting discussions with practitioners from such a committed community!

14/05/2026

Authors Wanted!
We are looking for voluntary authors who want to share their expertise with other energy experts. If you are working in an energy project or company with focus on solar, hydro, biomass energy, productive use of energy, clean cooking and so on, please share your lessons learnt, your case studies or insights! Your knowledge can be useful to others - we don't need to re-invent the wheel... good examples (and failures too!) need to get more visibility so that the sector can learn from each other.

Learn here how to write an article or reach out to us.
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Energypedia is free to use and we invite everyone to make use of the resources on energypedia! Please find here a lot of useful instructions how to best write an article. Thank you for sharing your valuable knowledge!

12/05/2026

Reading recommendation 👇️
This new Series—an update to the Series published in The Lancet in 2007—outlines the burden of disease associated with energy production and consumption; the drivers of and barriers to clean energy adoption; and how reliable, affordable, sustainable, and equitable electricity access in health-care facilities is necessary for achieving universal health coverage.

Access the series’ five research papers here:
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A new Lancet series on energy and health has pulled together the strong but previously fragmented evidence of the health hazards caused by biomass fuels.

07/05/2026

In this analysis, published by , the author resumes:
"KOKO did not fail because its product was bad or because demand was weak. It failed because Africa’s carbon market infrastructure, consisting of registries, authorisation systems, and governance mechanisms, was not ready."

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Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Earlier this year, 1.5 million Kenyan households received a text message reading: “Samahani KOKO customer. We regret to inform you that KOKO is closing operations today.” Within hours, KOKO Networks, one of Africa’s mos...

06/05/2026

The system collects solar energy in space and beams it to existing solar facilities on the ground, where it is converted into electricity, allowing these assets to maximize utilization and produce power around-the-clock. 🛰️ 🚀

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Through an agreement with Overview Energy, Meta is seeking to bypass terrestrial grid constraints by beaming near-infared light from space to terrestrial solar plants to power high-density AI workloads.

05/05/2026

AI adoption in Africa encounters two structural obstacles before any algorithmic or data issue: electricity and internet access.

👉 Read more here:
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In the AI race, much of Sub-Saharan Africa faces computer power outages several times a day and internet that costs over a quarter of a monthly salary, hindering AI access.

05/05/2026

Looking for funding opportunities, call for for papers or awards in the energy sector?
Browse our opportunity database!

If you are aware of an opportunity, please add it so that others can benefit from the information.

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This page lists the grants, training, awards, call for papers and other initiatives that are available for the energy professionals working in the energy sector. You can either scroll through the different opportunities or add your opportunities to the database. For more information or questions, pl...