More than 600 million people in Africa, largely living in rural areas, do not have access to power. The dominant means of providing them power is through grid connections. Due to the high costs ( – +1 for someone living >4km from the grid) to connect them, governments and donors typically subsidise main grid connections […]
A decade ago, the emergence of mobile phones and mobile data services made the introduction of traditional cable-bound phone and data networks in Africa obsolete. The rapid evolution in distributed energy technologies and services is showing us that, Smart Grids will similarly soon overtake outdated electrification approaches based solely on hub-and-spoke main-grid extension. In this […]
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Granville, an AMDA member, has authored a new report titled “South Africa’s Minigrid Revolution: Unpacking the Regulatory Adjustments that Unlocked Deployment.” This insightful publication explores the key regulatory changes—primarily from 2021 onward—that have played a pivotal role in accelerating minigrid development and enabling broader adoption of distributed energy solutions across South Africa. The report offers […]
