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The DOEN Foundation supports pioneers who use an entrepreneurial approach to come up with solutions for a better world. Read the story of Gathu...

My recent article explored the development of the off-grid solar industry in Africa, highlighting how international finance is now driving the...

SENDEA is a program of the Stiftung Solarenergie (Germany): a network of like-minded local solar companies in developing countries. The programme...

Access to reliable and affordable electricity brings many benefits. It supports the growth of small businesses, allows students to study at night and...

Once basic energy is established in disconnected regions, the companies that supply it hope to cash in on demand for a slew of new products and...

Ikea’s innovation lab debuts SolarVille, a blockchain-powered solar microgrid, which points toward the furniture giant’s sustainability ambitions.

To combat food waste - and help ensure more people have access to nutritious food - a British environmental charity is turning to an innovative bit of...

Bhadri Sarki used to walk for more than an hour to fetch enough water to irrigate just one apple tree.

But since a solar-powered water pump was...

Unserved by policy makers whose grand energy priorities lay elsewhere, 600 million rural Africans for decades lay off-grid. When new technologies and...

Technological advancements, access to consumer financing, and other market development factors are enabling an increasing movement of underserved...