Renewable energy: access and investment
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UN's Kandeh Yumkella: 'we will raise $120bn to halve energy poverty'
The energy UN under-secretary general tells Holly Young that funding and collaboration are key to giving renewables a fighting chance
Renewable energy: access and investment
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Torgny Holmgren tells Holly Young why the 2014 theme is energy and water and what impact he hopes this year’s conference will have
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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
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Fredrika Whitehead on how cheap solar, wind or hydroelectricity, accessed through mini-grids, could light up remote villages
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Peter Brun: Making wind and solar products cheaper could pave way for universal access to sustainable energy sources
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Children in rural Kenya are using a percussion shaker to produce reading light for an hour – a sustainable alternative to kerosene lamps
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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
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The hot, barren lands of northern Chile make it an ideal location for generating solar energy, and the sector is flourishing, reports Christian Roselund
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Economies boom all over the continent but power cuts hamper growth. Our panel suggests how to boost progress
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Electricity deficit is slowing progress, report says, as Labour party calls for UK and African cities to 'twin' on energy projects
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Is Germany’s energy transition to renewables, wishful thinking, or is it really a shining light?
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Women in India and across the world learn to be energy engineers
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Scientists have developed a quicker, cheaper and potentially more reliable way to improve disease diagnosis in rural areas
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Donors must stop earmarking funds to tackle nutrition emergencies that don’t make the headlines
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40% of Ecuadorian adults don’t have a bank account, but is their new ‘currency’ more about escaping the US dollar?
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NGOs must acknowledge the risks to livelihoods and food security and teach smallholders to diversify for higher profits, writes Joshua Smith
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