Resources
Explore our collection of reports, guidance notes, and presentations on next-generation solar and energy access.
Opportunities for Inclusivity in the Solar Value Chain
This paper examines where positive change is already happening within the Solar Value Chain. It asks: how does this work, can it be replicated, what enabling conditions can help, and what can we learn?
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Barriers to Inclusivity in the Solar Value Chain
Without critically examining power relations, solar expansion risks continuing extractive relationships disguised as climate action. This paper analyses how structural inequalities shape who is excluded and who benefits from the solar value chain.
Building Sustainable Solar Futures: Policy Pathways for Transforming Energy Access
How sustainable is solar energy? This report evaluates the sustainability of both current and emerging solar technologies across three pillars: environmental, social, and economic.
Delivering Inclusive Next-Gen Solar Energy Research in Collaboration with Organisations of Persons with Disabilities
A guidance note by the Global Disability Innovation Hub offering advice on delivering disability-inclusive solar energy research.
More Panels, Fewer Technicians: What the Kenyan Solar Boom is Getting Wrong
Slides from a TEA@SUNRISE webinar delivered by Anne Wacera Wambugu, in which she draws on field research from Kenya’s informal solar ecosystem to diagnose what’s going wrong with the solar boom.
Powering Inclusion: Tested Approaches for a Gender-Inclusive Energy Transition
This report by Value for Women draws on learnings from their technical assistance with three Transforming Energy Access partners – POPO, Natfort Energy, and TEA@SUNRISE. It provides practical pathways for energy access companies and stakeholders to take decisive action to drive gender equality in their operations.