Smart Grid

Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) use distributed energy resources such as batteries, electric vehicles, heating and cooling systems that can help...

ESCAP (Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific) is a UN organization that promotes cooperation, sustainable development, and...

Lesotho has made remarkable strides in expanding access to electricity over the past decade, but experts caution that the mountainous...

For a normal household or commercial building, electricity is a one way transaction. Your local power plant uses fossil fuels...

Across much of the developing world, the same pattern repeats: energy utilities accumulate losses, governments respond with tariff increases in...

  Solar minigrid at Sitolo, Malawi- Photo by Harshit Vallecha Pursuing universal energy access in Africa is predicated on the...

A solar mini-grid operator in Nairobi watches as a massive bank of clouds roll across the horizon. He manages a...

In February of 2026, over fifty people gathered in the town of Gelang Patah, Malaysia, to protest the construction of...

At night in Chitora, a small farming community about 50 kilometres south of Zimbabwe’s eastern border city of Mutare, the...

Authors: Matthew Wittenstein, Chief of Energy Connectivity Section, ESCAP Kieran Clarke, Energy Connectivity Expert, ESCAP Yejin Ha, Economic Affairs Officer,...