SHINE PARTNER RESOURCES
Shine connects you with research, tools and best practices to help you prioritize just, clean, distributed energy solutions initiatives focused on:
- Reaching the hardest-to-reach communities
- Incorporating the full participation of communities in developing locally-owned, affordable clean energy assets that improve and sustain their livelihoods
- Empowering by women, indigenous persons, and racial and cultural minorities in their respective contexts
- Respecting human rights and the environment while serving communities left behind by centralized, large-scale energy access initiatives.
Stay tuned for more resources!
Shining Voices For Energy Access
On December 10, 2019, stakeholders in the last mile solar energy distribution sector convened to spotlight energy access as a human right. The event marked the U.S. launch of The Global Distributors Collective’s (GDC) inaugural Last Mile Distribution: State of the Sector Report.
RESEARCH + REPORTS
Transforming Energy Access, An Ecosystem Approach
Ashden | November 2020
Energizing Finance: Missing the Mark 2020
SEforALL | October 2020
Energizing Finance: Understanding the Landscape 2020
SEforALL | October 2020
Powering Health across Africa through COVID-19 and a Changing Climate
Rocky Mountain Institute | May 2020
New Nexus Approach to Powering Development
World Resources Institute | April 2020
A VIRTUOUS CYCLE? Reviewing the evidence on women’s empowerment and energy access, frameworks, metrics and methods
SETI + WinEED | March 2020
Opportunities for Climate Philanthropy Engagement in Africa
ClimateWorks Foundation | February 2020
Off-Grid Solar: Market Trends Report for 2020
GOGLA | February 2020
Energy Safety Nets
SEforAll | February 2020
Why Off-Grid Energy Matters
60 Decibels | February 2020
The Energy Progress Report 2019
SEforAll | May 2019
Last Mile Distribution: State of the Sector Report
Global Distributors Collective | Winter 2019
Breakthrough Batteries: Powering the Era of Clean Electrification
Rocky Mountain Institute
Flooded Future: Global Vulnerability To Sea Level Rise Worse Than Previously Understood
Climate Central
POWERING JOBS CENSUS 2019: The Energy Access Workforce
Power For All, Schneider Electric Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation
RISE AND SHINE: The Role of Indian Religious Institutions in Closing the Energy Access Gap
Bhumi Project, GreenFaith, Shine Campaign and EPG Economic and Strategy Consulting
TURNING ON THE LIGHTS: Transcending Energy Poverty Through the Power of Women Entrepreneurs
Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship and Solar Sister
CLOSING THE CIRCUIT: Accelerating Clean Energy Investment in India
Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship and William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan
VIDEOS
Coronavirus and energy access: radical action in a world transformed at London Climate Action Week
GDC Event and Shine Testimonial – Maddie Sturgess
Gino Cocchiaro (Natural Justice) on Divest and Invest
Natural Justice Kenya on Environmental Justice for Indigenous People
Ajaita Shah (Frontier Markets) Shine Campaign Testimonial
Energy Access Message to Global Leaders – Ajaita Shah
Imam Saffet Catovic, Greenfaith Islamic Advisor, at the Financing the Future Summit 2019
Reverend Henrik Grape, Church of Sweden, at the Financing the Future Summit 2019