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A clean, affordable, reliable supply of energy for basic needs is widely seen as a necessary for lifting people out of poverty and improving well-being. SEI examines how energy needs for human and economic development can be met in a way that is compatible with long-term sustainable development.

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Rohingya Refugees Mark Two Years Since The Crisis

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Deployment of biobased value chains

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Toward Climate-Neutral Heavy Industry: An Analysis of Industry Transition Roadmaps

This article analyses roadmaps to decarbonize heavy industry in several different countries.

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Off-grid solutions for energy and WASH services

SEI's Olle Olsson speaks on the transformation of electrification to development of off-grid innovation in the WASH sector on the "Inside Ideas" podcast.

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A field of rape, a common biofuel feedstock

Special issue: using an ecosystem services perspective to assess biofuel sustainability

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Using an ecosystem services perspective to assess biofuel sustainability

Journal articles
Energy
21 July 2018

Exploring household energy transitions in rural Zambia from the user perspective

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Narratives, data and assumptions used to model development scenarios and climate sub-scenarios for Rwanda

Rethinking Southern Africa’s energy crisis

SEI briefs
Energy
30 May 2018
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Living with smoke

Powering Africa: unlocking opportunities for energy development in Southern Africa

SEI reports
Energy
Water
25 May 2018
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Southern Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa

Drone aerial view of solar thermal power plant station in the desert.

Connecting the sustainable development goals by their energy inter-linkages

SEI Initiative on Governing Bioeconomy Pathways

Jatropha is a plant that provides seed oil and is currently extracted from Jatropha oil to replace renewable diesel fuel.

Mechanisms and indicators for assessing the impact of biofuel feedstock production on ecosystem services

Journal articles
Energy
Water
13 February 2018

Rooftop solar plant in India

Scaling up rooftop solar power in India: The potential of solar municipal bonds

Behavioural drivers tell us why the use of clean cookstoves is so low

Connecting people – Kalenge village waits for electrification

Feature
Energy
17 October 2017
Tanzania

Producing clean cookstoves in Kenya. World Bank/Peter Kapuscinski via Flickr

A political economy perspective on technology innovation in the Kenyan clean cookstove sector

Solar energy

Gender equality in renewable energy in the Lower Mekong: assessment and opportunities – USAID clean power Asia