One billion people live without electricity. Hundreds of millions more live with insufficient or unreliable electricity. What can be done to ensure everyone has good quality access to affordable energy? Watch how new technologies (including mini grids and solar home systems), targeted financing and long-term policy planning are being used to end energy poverty.
ESMAP is leading a major Energy Access effort by the World Bank focused on closing financing gaps and accelerating electrification rates through comprehensive grid and off-grid strategies, including some of the largest electrification investment programs, such as in Ethiopia, Kenya, Myanmar, and Nigeria.
ESMAP ensures that these programs include geospatial tools to identify low-cost electrification options through solar home systems, mini grids and grid extension, market intelligence and investment prospectuses, up-to-date business delivery models, and productive uses of electricity to promote economic and human development. Here is how we do it:
