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Cover image - ARE Position Paper: Women and Sustainable Energy

ARE Position Paper: Women and Sustainable Energy

Achieving universal access to clean electricity is crucial to human development, as electrification not only provides li...

Cover image - PPEO 2018 summary report - Achieving Inclusive Energy Access at Scale

PPEO 2018 summary report - Achieving Inclusive Energy Access at Scale

Briefing paper summarising key findings and recommendations from the Poor People's Energy Outlook (PPEO) 2018 report. In...

Cover image - The Energy Situation in Goudoubo Refugee Camp, Burkino Faso

The Energy Situation in Goudoubo Refugee Camp, Burkino Faso

This paper, one of a series developed by the MEI consortium partners, has been written and edited by Practical Action Co...

Cover image - Renewable Energy Enables Climate Change Adaptation for Smallholders

Renewable Energy Enables Climate Change Adaptation for Smallholders

This policy brief supports Practical Action's 'Planting for Progress' campaign, which focusses on our work with smallhol...

Cover image - Accelerating access to electricity in Africa with off-grid solar - Policy Paper

Accelerating access to electricity in Africa with off-grid solar - Policy Paper

Rapid expansion of the market for solar household systems requires an appropriate policy and regulatory framework. Compa...

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Solar Pumping for Water Supply: Harnessing solar power in humanitarian and development contexts (2020)

Alberto Ibáñez Llario and Asenath W. Kiprono

Open Access (free to read or download!) Solar power for pumping groundwater has a vast potential for improving the sustainability of water supply schemes. However, a lack of knowledge, capacity and expertise to design and implement such schemes is holding back their adoption. This book equips engineers and technicians with the knowledge for design, implementation and operation of sustainable solar powered water schemes.

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