Pakistan begins restoring power after second major grid breakdown in months
Islamabad, Pakistan Reuters Pakistan’s government began restoring power to millions of people on Monday after a breakdown in the grid triggered the worst electricity outage in months and highlighted the weak infrastructure of the heavily indebted nation. An inquiry has been launched into the outage, which began at around 7:00am local time and has so […]
Cost of development: Evicted villagers pay a high price for India’s hydropower push
ATHAR PARVAIZ, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the human cost of India’s hydro-electric plants…
COVID-19 crisis makes electricity too costly for millions in Africa, Asia
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation The economic toll from the COVID-19 pandemic has left more than 25 million people in Africa and Asia unable to afford electricity, threatening a global goal to provide power to everyone by 2030, international agencies warned on Monday. Two-thirds of those affected were in sub-Saharan Africa, deepening disparities in the […]
A Sustainable Life: Five cost-effective ways to reduce your carbon footprint at home
In an article first published on The Conversation for the UK context, WENDY ROWAN, LAURA LYNCH and STEPHEN MCCARTHY, of University College Cork, outline five simple ways to reduce your household carbon emissions…
First poverty, now pandemic threatens access to electricity
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation One in 10 people lack electricity and the pandemic will likely make it harder still to meet a global goal of getting power to everyone by 2030, international organisations said last week. An annual report tracking progress on sustainable energy said more than a billion people have won access to electricity since 2010, […]
Fund smarter to switch on lights for the poor – UN envoy
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation Everyone in the world could be provided with clean, affordable electric power by a global deadline of 2030 if international funding toward the effort is used more intelligently, the UN official in charge of the task said. Rachel Kyte, the UN secretary-general’s special representative for sustainable energy for all, told the […]
Subsidise solar mini-grids to power rural Africa, investors urge
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation Local renewable-energy grids can provide electric power to hundreds of millions of people in developing nations, especially in Africa, but will not attract enough financial backing unless they are subsidised, a group of investors said on Monday. Twelve energy and impact investors – with more than $US2 billion under management and […]
Patchy progress on electricity access casts shadow on global goal
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation People are gaining access to electricity at a faster pace as governments ramp up efforts in India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Kenya – but the prospects for many African countries remain gloomy, international agencies said last week. Globally, those living without electricity dropped to about 840 million in 2017 from one billion […]
POSTCARDS: WOMEN BRING LIGHT TO REMOTE VILLAGES ON THE ISLANDS OF ZANZIBAR
NICKY MILNE reports for Thomson Reuters Foundation on how a solar power training scheme aimed at women is changing lives…
Uganda shakes up electricity access amid global infrastructure reset
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation Electricity providers in Uganda are teaming up to find a new business model to boost the speed and efficiency of getting power to those living without it, in the hope it can be copied in other parts of Africa and Asia, project backers said this week. About one billion people worldwide […]