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“Scaling up low carbon energy for the poor: learning from the Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy”
“Scaling up low carbon energy for the poor: learning from the Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy”
GVEP International has assisted the Ashden Awards with the production of a DFID commissioned paper on lessons learned from Ashden Awards winners.
Click here to download the report.
Main lessons learned according to the report
- Scale is achievable
- Direct benefits to the poor from low carbon energy access can be substantial
- LCEA programmes contribute to carbon emission reduction
- Other social and environmental benefits are also delivered
- There are often trade-offs between different benefits
- Hybrid business models have been successfully developed
- Poor households can benefit, provided affordable end-user finance is accessible:
- Well-designed carbon finance is an opportunity to improve energy access
- Innovation and transfer of technologies and delivery mechanisms will be required for further scale-up
- Development agencies, international financial institutions and national governments all have important enabling roles