This section has six documents produced by GM on Mini-Grid and Productive Use of Energy. The documents are focused on providing business technical assistance, capital, and talent resources to catalyze the mini-grid and productive use of energy sectors forward in Sub-Saharan Africa.

This section has six documents produced by GM on Mini-Grid and Productive Use of Energy. The documents are focused on providing business technical assistance, capital, and talent resources to catalyze the mini-grid and productive use of energy sectors forward in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Energising Development (EnDev) is one of the largest on-the-ground technical assistance programmes for energy access in the world. At present, EnDev is striving to further develop and structure its learning and innovation agenda with the intention of sharing its outcomes with the wider SDG7 community. The aim is that this shared knowledge can lead to both a higher pace of implementation and increased impact of the EnDev programme. The results shared can also inform similar initiatives in the field. EnDev just published this report. The Executive Summary states: "Productive Use of Energy (PUE) is not a new topic but is receiving an increasing amount of attention. It is considered the main priority for energy access in emerging countries, specifically in rural settings. Multiple factors support the use of energy for productive uses, such as increased energy access, payment models like Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO), technological innovation and lower costs for solar technologies and appliances".

The guidebook provides information on how to assess the electricity demand of a community and determine the appropriate size of a new solar mini-grid.

Where shall we put it? This Solar mini-grid site selection handbook provides information on site selection criteria.

This document provides policy guidelines for private sector investment in renewable energy.

A key project finance facility brings USD 44.5 million in concessional loans to transformative renewable energy projects in developing countries.

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) have collaborated on a joint Project Facility that finances replicable, scalable, and potentially transformative renewable energy projects in developing countries. ADFD committed USD 350 million in concessional loans, over seven annual funding cycles, to renewable energy projects recommended by IRENA.

The mini-grids of the future will use more energy from renewable sources and will provide increasingly reliable power at an even lower cost.

Mapping the barriers of GMG market development / Impact of GMG on BoP Markets and Social Inclusion.

This report looks at the benefits of renewable energy for agricultural food chains. This study analyses the impact of decentralized renewable energy solutions on the livelihoods of communities, covering technologies that can be used along the agri-food chain in 1) primary production activities such as water pumping, 2) post-harvesting activities including agro-processing and food preservation for storage and transport through drying, milling, pressing and cooling, and 3) food preparation and cooking.