Creating greater energy access for poor people can only happen if policy makers and practitioners know where there are gaps in energy supply and identify what changes need to happen. To do this, more and better data is needed on communities’ energy use and supply around the world.

The Total Energy Wiki is being piloted on the Energypedia platform to allow anyone with access to the internet, anywhere in the world, to upload and share with the global community the energy access data they have collected using the Total Energy Access and Energy Supply Index questionnaire developed in the PPEO 2012.

If enough people participate, this could start to crowd-source part of the answer to the energy access data gap – www.energypedia.info/totalenergywiki

Energy for All by 2030

Practical Action is a partner in the EU Energy for All by 2030 project, aiming to raise public and political awareness on energy access and contribute to the huge step change in commitment to providing energy for all by 2030. Read more on the project resource pages, and add your voice by making your own point:

2012 UN Year of Sustainable Energy for All

Practical Action are proud partners of this UN initiative. As the PPEO argues, the time is now for political commitment to universal energy access. The 2012 UN year is a vital opportunity towards making this step change a reality.

Visit http://www.sustainableenergyforall.org/ for more information on the events and activities that will be taking place throughout 2012.