Energy poverty

News and comment on energy and fuel poverty in the developing world

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• Poo power: turning human waste into clean energy in Kenya's slums

  Guardian Professional, 15 Oct 2014: Bio-centres turning human waste into electricity prove that faeces is the ultimate source of renewable energy, writes Frederika Whitehead

• UK and international donors suspend Tanzania aid after corruption claims

  13 Oct 2014: Payments of $490m frozen following claims that high-ranking officials siphoned off funds from the country’s central bank

• Why has 'microhydro' been neglected as a solution to energy poverty?

  Guardian Professional, 24 Sep 2014: Power from streams and small rivers has been proven to provide sustainable energy in Peru and Nepal - Zimbabwe is next, writes Lucy Stevens
  

• No planet B: how we can build a low-carbon world in 17 steps

  Guardian Professional, 23 Sep 2014: As the UN Climate Summit gets underway, a panel of experts explain how to transition to clean energy, writes Rachel Banning-Lover

• From Cape Town to Kinshasa: could the Great Inga dam power half of Africa?

  Guardian Professional, 19 Sep 2014: Daniel Wesangula: Questions remain on the viability of the project: who stands to benefit most from it and is it sustainable?

• Live Q&A: what does a global carbon-cutting deal look like?

  Guardian Professional, 18 Sep 2014: Is a global commitment to renewables on the cards at the UN Climate Summit? Join our debate on 18 September, 11am -1pm

• UN's Kandeh Yumkella: 'we will raise $120bn to halve energy poverty'

  Guardian Professional, 10 Sep 2014: The energy UN under-secretary general tells Holly Young that funding and collaboration are key to giving renewables a fighting chance

• South Africa’s coal-fired power stations carry heavy health costs

  9 Sep 2014: In the settlement of Masakhane near the Duvha plant, residents wear masks to avoid breathing in the coal dust

• Yemen fuel subsidy cut drives poorest deeper into poverty

  26 Aug 2014: Sharp rise in prices, which could lead to a further 500,000 Yeminis living below the breadline, has sparked fierce protests

• After the Taliban: taking solar energy to remote parts of Afghanistan

  Guardian Professional, 14 Aug 2014:

  The Hazara people have long been repressed and deprived of services. Could a solar power plant offer a glimmer of hope? Karl Mathiesen finds out

• India must choose to be champion or villain for climate and development

  5 Aug 2014:

  Kumi Naidoo: Narendra Modi's slogan for India is 'development for everyone' but will this development be based on coal or people-centred clean energy?

• Negotiating a cheaper clean energy deal for all

  Guardian Professional, 10 Jul 2014:

  Peter Brun: Making wind and solar products cheaper could pave way for universal access to sustainable energy sources

• Clean energy SMEs connecting off-grid communites are starved of funding

  9 Jul 2014:

  Research shows SMEs working to fulfill the energy needs of the 1.3 billion people who live off the grid, are finding investment hard to secure

• 11 paths to electrifying Africa

  Guardian Professional, 13 May 2014: Economies boom all over the continent but power cuts hamper growth. Our panel suggests how to boost progress

• Powering Africa: the paradox of being resource rich and access poor

  Guardian Professional, 5 May 2014:

  With access to electricity at 17%, Africa may be rising but for how much longer? Join our expert panel on 8 May to debate the challenge of providing sustainable energy to all

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