We received photos from a solar project we funded in Balochistan, Pakistan. Solar power for remote villages, 5 schools and 3 health units.

The systems now power water pumps, flour mills, fans and small electric devices, improving the lives of thousands.

#Ruralelectrification #solar4development

💡 ASR, SEforALL, Rockefeller Foundation, GEAPP & REA Zambia are supporting rural electrification through policy, finance & capacity building—anchored in the IFE and Mission 300.
📸 With Santos & Nutifafa in Lusaka.
🔗 bit.ly/4qxThOq

#EnergyAccess #RuralElectrification #Mission300 #Zambia #IFE

#OTD in 1940
(the government coming to grips with rural development)
Cover of The New Yorker, September 21, 1940
Peter Arno
#TheNewYorkerCover #PeterArno #agriculture #agriculturalpolicy #ruralelectrification

Namibia accelerates rural electrification with N$21 million investment The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industries, Mines and Energy, Hon. Natangue Ithete, today inaugurated joint electrification projects in Ombili, Otjiwarongo, highlighting a significant stride in Namibia’s drive to boost economic activity and improve livelihoods through expanded access to electricity. In his keynote address, Ithete emphasised that electrification is

#Namibia #RuralElectrification #SustainableDevelopment #CleanEnergy #EconomicGrowth

Thipanana Villagers protest rural electrification project diversion Thipanana Villagers protest rural electrification project diversion NBC Online Sat, 08/09/2025 - 21:09

#Thipanana #RuralElectrification #NamPower #CommunityProtest #KavangoEast

It's always encouraging to see the concrete and impactful results from solar projects we fund with our Climate Fund.

We have just received photos of a 40 kWp solar system, powering a new minigrid in Pitas Laut, Sabah, Malaysia.

#ruralelectrification
#sdg7
#sustainableenergy4all

NC members advocate for faster rural electrification NC members advocate for faster rural electrification NBC Online Fri, 05/23/2025 - 15:15

#RuralElectrification #SolarEnergy #Namibia #SustainableEnergy #ElectricityAccess

‘Stringing rural TVA transmission line’ Tennessee Valley Authority. Rural Electrification Administration. N.D.
#powergrid #ruralelectrification #TennesseeValleyAuthority #TVA #RuralElectrificationAdministration #REA

National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution. image from https://americanhistory.si.edu/american-enterprise-exhibition/corporate-era/new-deal 12.12.20

#OTD - 20 #MAY - in 1936
With Executive Order No. 7037, President Roosevelt creates the Rural Electrification Administration (#REA)
🧵👇
‘Light and Power for the Farm. Plug in on REA Electricity’ REA Poster.
#FDR #RuralElectrification #TheNewDeal

Let There be Light: In Tanzania, More Electricity Brings Better Education and Health The World Bank is supporting the expansion of energy access through initiatives like the Tanzania Rural Electrification Expansion Program.

The Tanzanian government has set an ambitious goal of universal electricity access by 2030, and its progress, from a mere 14% national coverage in 2011 to 46% in 2022, is one of the fastest expansion rates in Sub-Saharan Africa. #tanzania #ruralelectrification
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Why SMRs are Revolutionary in Nuclear Energy - Stratheia SMRs are groundbreaking; their low cost and flexibility have revolutionized nuclear energy. This technology can uplift the energy sector

SMRs can generate 300 MWe on just 34 acres—no coastlines needed! Ideal for Pakistan’s remote regions. Clean power where it’s needed most.
#DecentralizedEnergy #RuralElectrification #CompactPower
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From fumes to futures 🌞

Solar microgrids are lighting up rural lives - powering homes, schools & businesses.

Our 5th #CE4HEAL animation shows how clean energy drives health, jobs & opportunity -https://www.youtube.com/@gcrfcepha1881

#SolarMicrogrids #RuralElectrification #SolarEnergy

🇨🇩🤝🇩🇪 Cyprien Musimar #ANSER & Romain Charlot #GAUFFEngineering, signed a contract for electrifying rural & peri-urban regions in the #DRCongo with #PV systems & small #hydropower plants.

#BETD25 #RuralElectrification

@germany.diplo.de @bmwk.de @bee-ev.bsky.social

Ithete commits to rural electrification Over 1 500 households were electrified between 2020 and 2025 at a cost of N$55.6 million, while an additional 1 956 peri-urban households were connected to power during the 2024/25 financial year through a N$75.5 million investment. During the 2023/24 financial year, 678 households were electrified at a cost of N$ 19.8 million. The deputy prime minister and minister of industrialisation, mines and energy, Natangwe Ithete, reaffirmed the ministry’s commitment to rural electrification and the development of strategic plans that support Namibia’s national goals during the opening of the ministry’s strategic planning retreat at Swakopmund on Monday. “Through our rural electrification programme, schools, public institutions and households have also benefitted. A total of 326 public institutions and 1 074 households were electrified at a combined cost of N$308.5 million during the 2020-2025 period,” he noted. Ithete further highlighted the Baynes Hydro-Power Project as a cornerstone of Namibia’s future energy security. Developed in collaboration with the Angolan government in 2024, the project is being presented as a milestone in regional cooperation. The power station is a planned 600-megawatt hydroelectric power plant in northwest Namibia, at the border with Angola. The minister emphasised the importance of national empowerment, adding that all 12 mining licences issued over the past three years included conditions ensuring local participation. “This is aligned with our vision to increase Namibian ownership in mining. Local content development in oil, gas and green industries is vital to our country’s socio-economic development,” he stressed. According to the minister, royalty collections from the mining sector reached N$5.96 billion during the same period. He attributed this success to rigorous site inspections, permit verifications and audits. Mining ministry executive director Ben Nangombe echoed the minister’s sentiments, urging staff members to remain focused and proactive in delivering a comprehensive and responsive strategic plan. He acknowledged a series of challenges, including inequities in access to resources, inefficient project management and slow internal processes. However, he expressed confidence in the team’s ability to respond effectively. * Nampa The post Ithete commits to rural electrification appeared first on The Namibian.

#RuralElectrification #Namibia #SustainableDevelopment #RenewableEnergy #ElectricityAccess

485 Sikondo homesteads to be electrified Resident of close to 485 homesteads at Sikondo village in the Kavango West region will soon do away with candles for lighting and firewood for cooking after the village is electrified. Over the past six years, and with the assistance of Gondwana Collection and the Kavango West Regional Council, the community raised N$ 400 000 towards the electrification of their village that has been without electricity for decades. An engineer for the northern Namibia’s regional Electricity Distributor (Nored), Petrus Mafungwe, said during the signing of the agreement with the contractor on Tuesday that at least N$3 million is needed to power the village. He explained that the electrification project is funded by the Ministry of Industrialisation, Mines and Energy, while Nored is responsible for design, contract administration and supervision of the contractor. Mafungwe said that the ministry, under its rural electrification division, has availed N$2.7 million towards the electrification project that will see the setup of three transformers and power lines which will take three months to complete. Councillor Johannes Karondo of the Kapako constituency where Sikondo village is located, said his constituency has the highest population in the region and many more villages need to be electrified. Local resident Gabriel Tomea expressed gratitude to the government, saying electricity will give them access to light and other resources. The post 485 Sikondo homesteads to be electrified appeared first on The Namibian.

#Sikondo #RuralElectrification #Namibia #EnergyForAll #SustainableLiving

Collectively managed energy services in Madagascar In Madagascar, GRET launched a solar electrification project involving the population directly in the management of the new energy services

Another project co-funded by EKOenergy: "The Energy house now supplies electricity to public structures in the village, which were connected thanks to overhead cables. The energy services provided are affordable for the village residents."

#ruralelectrification

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Another video of an impactful, life-changing #solar project funded through EKOenergy's Climate Fund.

An energy kiosk for an off-grid village in #Malawi. Power for #lights, #charging, #water-pumping, and more.

Thx a lot to all those involved!

#ruralelectrification

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People are sitting around a table and watching a sreen.

We received a video about a #solar project we funded in #Balochistan, #Pakistan, and we just watched it together with the team.

Seeing the concrete and impactful results of our Climate Fund projects motivates us more than anything else.

#solar4development #ruralelectrification #postiveimpact

We received more photos from a #solar project we fund in #Colombia.

Last year, we granted €28,000 from our Climate Fund to the local non-profit organisation #Ecoceanos to bring a solar system to an indigenous community in the dry northeast of Colombia!

#Solar4Development #ruralelectrification

Rural Power Co-Ops Gain $4.37B in Late-Stage US Clean Energy Project Funding US Agriculture Dept. expects to announce more awards in the coming weeks and has picked six other cooperatives in Colorado, Louisiana, Oregon and Washington-Idaho.

Rural #power co-ops gain $4.37B in late-stage US #CleanEnergy Project Funding under 2022 #InflationReductionAct, join other awards totaling ~$12B this yr to mbr-owned rural electric #cooperatives, largest investment in #RuralElectrification since #FDR.

Thx #Biden/#Dems!

www.enr.com/articles/601...

Rural Power Co-Ops Gain $4.37B in Late-Stage US Clean Energy Project Funding US Agriculture Dept. expects to announce more awards in the coming weeks and has picked six other cooperatives in Colorado, Louisiana, Oregon and Washington-Idaho to move forward in the process to rec...

💡 $4.37B awarded to 10 rural U.S. power co-ops for clean energy.
🌞 Texas: $1.4B for 600 MW solar + battery conversion.
🌍 Florida: $1.3B for 700 MW solar, cutting 3.5M tons of emissions/year.

#CleanEnergy #RuralElectrification #Decarbonization

www.enr.com/articles/601...

Last Friday, we were honored to host Dr. Ayşe Selin Kocaman, an Associate Professor at @bilkentie & visiting scholar at @mitenergy. Many thanks to Dr. Kocaman for an enlightening talk on #sustainableenergy, #ruralelectrification & #smartgrids, and for joining us for lunch! 🙌

A team of local PEP researchers encourage decentralized electrification using biomass power plants to empower rural women in Côte d’Ivoire.
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#LocalResearch #ResearchforBetterPolicy #GenderEquality #RuralElectrification

A very nice annual report 2018 (released in July 2020) of Foundation Rural Energy Services (FRES) with my photos taken in 5 countries (Mali, Burkina, Guinea Bissau, Uganda, South Africa). Link below👇

@FRES_NL #RuralElectrification #SolarEnergy #Africa #RenewableEnergy

One year ago. © Nicolas Réméné for @FRES_NL / NuRa #solar #solarenergy #ruralelectrification
#southafrica #zululand #Pongola #documentaryphotography #reportage #africa

He's Turning Lights on in War-Torn Rural Somalia, One Panel at a Time 📷 Nicolas Réméné… via @ozy #ruralelectrification #solar #solarenergy

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#Kabwohé #Uganda. Installation of a SHS (Solar Home System) at Sheema High School at night and in stormy weather. @FRES_NL #solarenergy #ruralelectrification © Nicolas Réméné #onassignment

#ruralelectrification #solarenergy Mes photos réalisées au Mali, Burkina et Guinée Bissau pour le rapport annuel de @FRES_NL (Foundation Rural Energy Services#Mali #Burkina #GuineaBuissau #WestAfrica #FRES

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Little jolt reading @RositaBoland on #ruralelectrification realising my relatives in this reference. Never connected.

Celebrated #tommydouglasday talking healthy society w energized Wood River NDP #skndpldr #ruralelectrification #skpoli