by Joshua Wilson | Jan 10, 2020 | Appliances, Electricity, Gender, Grid, Historical Analysis, News, Other, Qualitative, T. Robert Fetter, Victoria Plutshack
Consider applying to join the Energy Access Project’s Story+ project, Joining the electric circus: rural electrification and gender in the papers of Louisan...
by Joshua Wilson | Jan 10, 2020 | Appliances, Electricity, Grid, Impact Evaluation, News, Other, Productive Use, Quantitative, T. Robert Fetter, Victoria Plutshack
Consider applying to join the Energy Access Project’s Data+ project, Taking electrification on the road: Exploring the impact of the Electric Farm Equipment...
by Joshua Wilson | Jan 10, 2020 | Data+, Student Opportunities, Victoria Plutshack
Data+ Call for Applications Looking to take on new challenges this summer? Want to learn more about machine learning and data visualization? Curious to understand how the U.S. expanded electricity access in rural areas? Consider applying to join the Energy Access...
by Joshua Wilson | Jan 10, 2020 | Student Opportunities, Victoria Plutshack
Story+ Call for Applications Looking to expand your skillset this summer? Want an opportunity to use historical documents to learn about U.S. electrification? Curious about how gender has played a role in government programs? Consider applying to join the Energy...
by Joshua Wilson | Dec 4, 2019 | Cost Benefit Analysis, Electricity, Electricity, Emily Pakhtigian, Grid, Harnessing Data and Modern Technology, Jonathan Phillips, Latin America & Caribbean, Marc Jeuland, News, Off-grid, Policy, Policy Design, Powering Productivity and Healthy Communities, Projects, Quantitative, Subhrendu Pattanayak, Systems Modeling
The Energy Access Dividend James E. Rogers Energy Access Project The Energy Access Project at Duke in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank and Sustainable Energy For All, have developed an Energy Access Dividend for Haiti and Honduras with the aim of...
by Joshua Wilson | Dec 2, 2019 | Agriculture, Jonathan Phillips, Mini-grids, News, Off-grid, Other, Powering Productivity and Healthy Communities, Productive Use, Rajah Saparapa, Solar, Solar Home Systems, T. Robert Fetter
EAP's team members Jonathan Phillips, Rob Fetter and Rajah Saparapa presented their research on the True Cost of Solar Tariffs in East Africa to the Community of Champions. The webinar was organized by GOGLA on the Socioeconomic Benefits of Off-Grid Solar: Focus on...
by Joshua Wilson | Nov 24, 2019 | Africa, Electricity, Grid, Jonathan Phillips, News, Powering Productivity and Healthy Communities
by Joshua Wilson | Nov 13, 2019 | Africa, Modernizing Energy Access Finance, News, Solar, Solar Home Systems
In Nigeria, a nation of 200 million people, less than 6,000 megawatts of electricity flow through the grid—less than one-fifth of the capacity of North Carolina alone. The power system is economically crippling, with households and businesses relying on loud,...
by Joshua Wilson | Nov 11, 2019 | Njeri Kara, Stories
Njeri Kara: Energy for Development in Zambia Zambia has one of the lowest electrification rates in the world. A 2015 study led by the Ministry of energy found that only 4% of rural households in the country had access to the national grid. Interestingly, a larger...
by Joshua Wilson | Nov 7, 2019 | Cost Benefit Analysis, Deep Learning, Econometric Regression Analysis, Harnessing Data and Modern Technology, Impact Evaluation, Micro-level Surveys, News, Other, Quantitative, Systems Modeling
Duke University | RTI International Friday, December 6, 2019, 8:30am – 2:00pm 1201 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 500, Washington D.C. The Energy Access Project at Duke University (EAP) and RTI International cordially invite you attend the convening Data for Development:...
by Joshua Wilson | Oct 11, 2019 | Stories
Merle Nye: Getting a Handle on the Nigerian Solar Market His internship was funded by the Energy Access Project, Summer Program, that sponsors student work via internships or research projects that focus on either modern technologies and fuels for cooking or access to...
by Joshua Wilson | Sep 19, 2019 | Latin America & Caribbean, News, Victoria Plutshack
Energy researchers from across the world converged on Santiago, Chile on May 15-17, 2019, for the 4th Annual Sustainable Energy Transitions Initiative Conference. Sponsored in part by the Energy Access Project at Duke University, the event represents an important...
by Joshua Wilson | Sep 5, 2019 | Stories
Yating Li: Demand Assessment and Productive Use in Sierra Leone There would be no better way of concluding my journey in energy access at Duke University with the summer internship at Power Leone, the Sierra Leone subsidiary of Energicity Corp, a leading West African...
by Joshua Wilson | Aug 30, 2019 | Jonathan Phillips, Latin America & Caribbean, Marc Jeuland, News, P.P. Krishnapriya, Robyn Meeks, Subhrendu Pattanayak, Victoria Plutshack
SETI Fourth Annual Meeting Sustainable Energy Transitions Initiative (SETI) Fourth Annual Meeting The 4th Annual Meeting of the Sustainable Energy Transitions Initiative took place on May 15-17, 2019 in Santiago, Chile. The three-day workshop convened researchers,...
by Joshua Wilson | Jul 1, 2019 | Africa, Appliances, Electricity, Impact Evaluation, Micro-level Surveys, Mini-grids, News, Productive Use, Quantitative, T. Robert Fetter
by Joshua Wilson | Jun 30, 2019 | Africa, Appliances, Econometric Regression Analysis, Electricity, Electricity, Micro-level Surveys, Mini-grids, Off-grid, P.P. Krishnapriya, Policy, Powering Productivity and Healthy Communities, Projects, Quantitative, T. Robert Fetter
Improving Electricity Access Through Microgrids in Africa Duke University is partnering with CrossBoundary LLC, the Rockefeller Foundation, and leading microgrid providers in East Africa to identify and evaluate interventions to improve the economic sustainability of...
by Joshua Wilson | Jun 7, 2019 | Alicia Oberholzer, Stories
Alicia Oberholzer: Using Storytelling to Share Solar Sister’s Impact This summer I have the pleasure of interning at Solar Sister, a social enterprise with the vision of providing African women with economic opportunity, training, and support to distribute clean...
by Joshua Wilson | Jun 3, 2019 | Appliances, Electricity, Grid, Jonathan Phillips, News, Off-grid, Other, Productive Use, Reviews, Victoria Plutshack
Stimulating Electricity Demand in Low-Income Settings Profits and Productivity As electricity companies in low- and middle-income countries move deeper into rural regions, the cost of new connections generally increases while the electricity demanded by these new...
by Joshua Wilson | Apr 30, 2019 | Africa, Electricity, Electricity, Grid, Health Facilities, Jonathan Phillips, Marc Jeuland, Micro-level Surveys, Powering Productivity and Healthy Communities, Projects, Quantitative, T. Robert Fetter
Powering Health Care Electrification and rural health care Energy Access, Coping Costs, and Patient Outcomes in Uganda Health Clinics Although electricity is critical for high-quality health care—providing fundamental services like lighting, refrigeration, and power...
by Joshua Wilson | Apr 11, 2019 | Stories
Alex Weck spent the summer of 2018 in rural Indonesia as an energy engineering intern with Institut Bisnis dan Ekonomi Kerakyatan (IBEKA). His internship was funded, in part, by an Energy Access Project program that sponsors student work via internships or research...
by Joshua Wilson | Apr 9, 2019 | News, Other, Rajah Saparapa
Energy Access Project is excited to welcome its newest member Rajah Saparapa as a Policy...
by Joshua Wilson | Apr 8, 2019 | News, Other, Subhrendu Pattanayak
Visit Duke Hub to register...
by Joshua Wilson | Apr 8, 2019 | Student Opportunities, Subhrendu Pattanayak
Visit Duke Hub to register now! Students interested in energy access, environment or international development should consider the upcoming course PUBPOL 890.2 ENVIRONMENT & DEV ECONOMICS (W 04:40 PM 07:10 PM) offered in Fall 2019 by Professor Subhrendu...
by Joshua Wilson | Apr 4, 2019 | Electricity, Jonathan Phillips, Marc Jeuland, News, Other, Productive Use
On February 21, 2019, Duke University’s Energy Access Project and Oxfam cohosted a meeting of approximately 60 energy practitioners and researchers to discuss the role of electricity access in spurring productive use. The questions and considerations that were raised...
by Joshua Wilson | Mar 20, 2019 | Building Equitable and Sustainable Energy Transitions, Hydro, Mini-grids, News, Off-grid, Podcast, Powering Productivity and Healthy Communities, Quantitative, Robyn Meeks, SETI, South Asia, Subhrendu Pattanayak
As Subhrendu Pattanayak and a group of researchers from Duke University navigate narrow catwalks high into the Annapurna mountain range in the Himalayas, they begin to understand first-hand the difficulties of establishing any set infrastructure in such difficult...
by Joshua Wilson | Feb 14, 2019 | Building Equitable and Sustainable Energy Transitions, Mini-grids, News, Other
How can Puerto Ricans increase grid reliability on their island? That’s the question our team of five students has been tackling this year for our master’s project at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment, with guidance from faculty mentors Betsy...
by Joshua Wilson | Feb 11, 2019 | Robyn Meeks, Stories
Ian Ferguson spent the summer of 2018 conducting research on the challenges communities face in building, operating, and maintaining mini-grid technology in Nepal. His internship was funded, in part, by an Energy Access Project program that sponsors student work via...
by Joshua Wilson | Jan 31, 2019 | Africa, Appliances, Cooking, Cookstoves, Cost Benefit Analysis, Electricity, Electricity, Gender, Ipsita Das, Jonathan Phillips, Marc Jeuland, Modernizing Energy Access Finance, Off-grid, Panayiotis Koutsogeorgas, Policy, Projects, Quantitative, Solar, Solar Home Systems, South Asia, T. Robert Fetter, Victoria Plutshack
Taxes, subsidies and clean energy technologies Many low-and middle-income countries are increasing or reinstating taxes on clean energy technologies in an attempt to meet the nation’s fiscal objectives, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, low-income...
by Joshua Wilson | Jan 31, 2019 | News
Researchers from Duke Energy Access Project have analyzed the price sensitivity of bottom of the pyramid consumers in East Africa, establishing the negative impacts of high solar import tariffs for solar...
by Joshua Wilson | Jan 30, 2019 | Africa, Cost Benefit Analysis, Development Institutions, Electricity, Electricity, Impact Evaluation, Marc Jeuland, Modernizing Energy Access Finance, Off-grid, Policy, Policy Design, Powering Productivity and Healthy Communities, Productive Use, Projects, Quantitative, Rajah Saparapa, Robyn Meeks
Benin Off Grid Energy Access Incentives Only about 41% of the population of Benin had access to electricity as of 2016. In rural areas, where just over half of Benin’s population live, access was only about 18%. In addition, “access” (having any electricity or not)...
by Joshua Wilson | Jan 30, 2019 | Africa, Building Equitable and Sustainable Energy Transitions, Econometric Regression Analysis, Electricity, Electricity, Grid, Indraneel Dharwadkar, Leyi Ruan, Marc Jeuland, Michael Hou, Micro-level Surveys, Njeri Kara, Paelina DeStephano, Policy, Policy Design, Powering Productivity and Healthy Communities, Productive Use, Projects, Qualitative, Quantitative, Reviews, Subhrendu Pattanayak, Systems Modeling
Optimizing Policy to Accelerate Access in Ethiopia Evaluating tariff reform, private sector participation, energy audits and smart meters The Ethiopian government has set a goal of 100% electricity access through both on and off grid solutions by 2025. This...
by Joshua Wilson | Jan 29, 2019 | News
Robyn Meeks and collaborators offer new evidence on household biogas systems which suggests that biogas use reduces collect firewood and time spent collecting fuel, reducing pressure on forest stocks and shifting household time allocation towards higher value...
by Joshua Wilson | Jan 26, 2019 | Student Opportunities
Apply now! Spring Meeting of the Sustainable Energy Transitions Initiative (SETI) May 15-17, 2019 University of Talca, Santiago, Chile Deadline for submissions: February 15, 2019 via the submission form, linked here. We are very pleased to announce that the fourth...
by Joshua Wilson | Jan 22, 2019 | Student Opportunities
Mobilizing Technology and Business Models to Close the Energy Gap Billions of people lack access to the reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy systems that form the backbone of job creation and broader economic growth. How this shortfall is addressed over the...
by Joshua Wilson | Jan 22, 2019 | Agriculture, Econometric Regression Analysis, Electricity, Electricity, Faraz Usmani, Grid, Powering Productivity and Healthy Communities, Productive Use, Projects, Quantitative, South Asia, T. Robert Fetter
Electrification and Employment in India What makes electrification “work” in some places and not in others? What connects smallholder farmers in the semi-arid tracts of northwest India to the oil and gas barons of Texas and Oklahoma? A little green bean called guar!...
by Joshua Wilson | Jan 22, 2019 | Student Opportunities
Get involved in energy access projects! Join the Bass Connections Competition to get involved in finding solutions to energy access challenges! Duke students from all levels and schools are invited to check out the new Bass Connections projects for 2019-2020....
by Joshua Wilson | Jan 22, 2019 | Student Opportunities
Sponsored by the Energy Access Project at Duke University The EAP invites proposals for student projects in Summer 2019 related to energy access in less-developed countries, with a focus on either modern technologies and fuels for cooking, or access to reliable,...
by Joshua Wilson | Jan 21, 2019 | News
New Project in Collaboration with Ethiopian Development Research Institute The Energy Access Project is excited to announce a new collaboration between Duke and the Ethiopian Development Research Institute to evaluate current energy access policies in the...
by Joshua Wilson | Jan 21, 2019 | Data+, Student Opportunities
Applications open now! Data+ is a 10-week summer research experience that welcomes Duke undergraduates interested in exploring new data-driven approaches to interdisciplinary challenges. Students join small project teams, collaborating with other teams in a communal...
by Joshua Wilson | Jan 15, 2019 | News
New Publication! Natural capital will be depleted rapidly and excessively if the long-term, offsite impacts of depletion are ignored. By examining the case of tropical forest burning, we illustrate such myopia: Pursuit of short-term economic gains results in air...
by Joshua Wilson | Jan 8, 2019 | Modernizing Energy Access Finance, News
This Winter Forum put students in the center of solving global energy poverty with support from the Energy Access Project. Students were asked to take the lead in creating a masterplan for rural electrification for the imaginary country of Wodala. Teams had to...
by Joshua Wilson | Jan 8, 2019 | News
The Energy Access Project is delighted to announce two new additions to the team! Marc Jeuland, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Global Health, has been appointed Faculty Director, and new hire Victoria Plutshack has joined us as a Policy...
by Joshua Wilson | Jan 8, 2019 | News
New Project – Benin’s Off Grid Energy Access Project Researchers from Duke University have begun working with the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation and Social Impact to evaluate Benin’s new Off Grid Energy Access...
by Joshua Wilson | Jan 7, 2019 | News
Duke University, and the Energy Access Project, lost a valued friend, adviser, and visionary with the passing of James E. “Jim” Rogers on Mon., Dec. 17,...
by Joshua Wilson | Dec 11, 2018 | Stories
Thomas Lutken spent the summer of 2018 in India to conduct a survey and map energy infrastructure in the rural regions of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, India. His internship was funded, in part, by an Energy Access Project program that sponsors student work via internships...
by Joshua Wilson | Nov 6, 2018 | Modernizing Energy Access Finance, News
Energy in Emerging Markets Case Competition Congratulations to 2019 Energy in Emerging Markets Case Competition winners! On Nov. 5, a dozen student teams from across the United States and overseas came to Duke University for the finals of the Energy in Emerging...
by Joshua Wilson | Oct 26, 2018 | Central Asia, Electricity, Electricity, Grid, Harnessing Data and Modern Technology, Micro-level Surveys, Policy, Projects, Quantitative, Robyn Meeks
Impacts of Household Smart Meters How smart meters can reduce electricity losses in distribution The loss of electricity during distribution to businesses and homes is a major concern for electric utilities in many developing countries, including the Kyrgyz Republic....
by Joshua Wilson | Oct 26, 2018 | Central Asia, Electricity, Electricity, Grid, Harnessing Data and Modern Technology, Micro-level Surveys, Other, Projects, Quantitative, Robyn Meeks
Efficient lighting and reliability in Kyrgyzstan Overloaded electrical systems are a major source of unreliable power. In the Kyrgyz Republic, this project found that improvements in lighting efficiency can not only save money for low-income households, it can drive...
by Joshua Wilson | Oct 26, 2018 | Agriculture, Alicia Oberholzer, Appliances, Building Equitable and Sustainable Energy Transitions, Cookstoves, Electricity, Faraz Usmani, Gender, Grid, Individual Health, Marc Jeuland, Off-grid, Other, Policy, Pollution, Powering Productivity and Healthy Communities, Projects, Reviews, Student Opportunities, Subhrendu Pattanayak, T. Robert Fetter
Is Energy the Golden Thread? A systematic review Minding the Gap between Research and Practice Access to sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy is a significant policy goal and also a hot research topic. Researchers have conducted many investigations and...
by Joshua Wilson | Oct 26, 2018 | Africa, Appliances, Cookstoves, Econometric Regression Analysis, Electricity, Electricity, Marc Jeuland, Policy, Powering Productivity and Healthy Communities, Projects, Quantitative
Fuel Choice in South Africa Understanding how income changes drive energy decision-making This project uses data on changes to income during the unique South African Pension Program to understand fuel consumption patterns in poor households. It assesses whether...
