Publications

Explore our collection of publications, research papers, reports, and technical documents designed to address key knowledge gaps in the energy access sector.

Crowdfunding report cover

October 10, 2021

Crowdfunding Energy Access: State of the Market Report 2021-22

The research highlighted in this report shows that energy access projects raised $61.5 million on crowdfunding platforms in 2021, making it a record year for energy access crowdfunding.

Clean cooking scale up report

October 01, 2021

Clean cooking: results-based financing as a potential scale-up tool for the sector

This report is the fourth in the Financing Clean Cooking series which examines financing trends in the sector with the overall aim of unlocking more investment.

Crowd power equity report

September 10, 2021

Crowd power: equity crowdfunding for energy access

This research shows that equity crowdfunding has the potential to make a significant contribution to the equity financing gap faced by early-stage companies in the energy access sector.

Crowdfunding syndicated report

August 01, 2021

Crowd power syndicated financing

This report provides lenders, crowd lending platforms, off-grid energy companies, and other industry stakeholders with an introduction to co-lending and syndicated financing.

Two women scooping food from pot

Clean cooking: scaling up with crowdfunding

This report is the first in the Financing Clean Cooking series which examines financing trends in the sector with the overall aim of unlocking more investment.

Woman and two children at table with cooking pot

Clean cooking: financing appliances for end users

This report is the second in the Financing Clean Cooking series which examines financing trends in the sector with the overall aim of unlocking more investment.