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.
SEI working paper / This SEI working paper analyses the role that financial guarantees may play in supporting renewable energy provision in underserved humanitarian contexts.
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SEI brief / This SEI brief outlines recommendations to leverage financial guarantees to help expand energy provision in humanitarian settings.
SEI working paper / This SEI working paper analyses the role that financial guarantees may play in supporting renewable energy provision in underserved humanitarian contexts.
SEI report / This report analyses the extent to which African policies and practice aid the value and trade of critical minerals for the continent's renewable energy future.
Project / This project aims to build a comprehensive decision-support toolkit to help planners and policymakers address energy insecurity across New York State.
Journal article / The study defines “charging poverty” and proposes a framework to assess unequal access to reliable, affordable and inclusive electric vehicle charging.
Perspective / As data centres expand across northern Sweden, Jenny von Platten asks who the country's energy is actually for.
SEI report / This document offers a snapshot of the electric transmission sector in Colombia as of 2025.
Other publication / In a Q&A with the journal Nature Energy, Sarah Rosenberg-Jansen outlines key issues affecting electricity access for the world's growing refugee population.
Perspective / Calls in Colombia to increase gas production could set the country down an environmentally and financially perilous path despite cleaner energy alternatives.
