News & Blog
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Celebrating One Year of Our Women in Solar Energy Network
July marks the one-year anniversary of our Women in Solar Energy (WISE) network! Started in July 2025, WISE was created through TEA@SUNRISE in response to a need for greater connection, support, and visibility for women in the solar energy and energy access sectors. What is Women in Solar Energy (WISE) and who is it for?…
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New Clean Energy Labs Commissioned by Aliko Dangote at ACE-FUELS Nigeria
ACE-FUELS’s flagship innovation facilities have been officially commissioned by Aliko Dangote, Nigerian businessman and Africa’s richest man. ACE-FUELS stands for the ‘African Centre of Excellence in Future Energies and Electrochemical Systems.’ Based at the Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria, it was established to fill a skills and education gap in the field of renewable…
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New research finds perovskite solar cells are resilient to dust, cutting manufacturing costs
Perovskite solar cells are much more tolerant to dust contamination in the manufacturing process than we assumed. This is good news for local manufacturing in low- and middle-income countries, because it suggests that perovskites can be fabricated under less controlled, and therefore less expensive, environments. These findings are from a new paper by Kathryn Lacey…
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Assessing Inclusivity in the Solar Value Chain
Introducing two new TEA@SUNRISE reports: Barriers to Inclusivity in the Solar Value Chain and Opportunities for Inclusivity in the Solar Value Chain. Together, they examine current obstacles to inclusivity and highlight ways to make the solar value chain (SVC) more equitable. TEA@SUNRISE envisions a just energy transition through next-generation solar. The “just energy transition”, a…
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African Solar Energy for African Communities: Q&A with Dr Francis Otieno
Welcome to Dr Francis Otieno, who is our guest for our seventh TEA Break episode. Francis is a physicist and lecturer at Maseno University, whose background growing up with unreliable electricity in Kisumu (Kenya) ignited a passion for next-generation solar. Chantal Bideleux, Project Officer for TEA@SUNRISE and REACH-PSM, talks to Francis about his personal journey,…
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New UK-Africa Partnership on All-Perovskite Tandem Solar for Energy Access
A new UK-Africa partnership will develop affordable, all-perovskite tandem solar cells for Africa. The SOLACE (Solar Alliance on Clean Energy) project unites experts in the UK, Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania to co-develop these next-generation solar technologies alongside the necessary training and knowledge exchange. Access to affordable, reliable and clean energy remains a major challenge across…
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Africa’s First Next-Generation Solar Module: Part 1 – Knowledge Exchange
The African Centre of Excellence in Future Energies and Electrochemical Systems (ACE-FUELS) at FUTO Nigeria is planning to make the first next-generation solar module manufactured in Africa. Last summer, PhD student John Anyanwu visited the solar labs at Swansea University to take part in some essential training and knowledge exchange in the art of making…
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Posters from the TEA@SUNRISE Symposium in Kuala Lumpur, January 2026
Here are a selection of posters from our January 2026 symposium, held in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. Click on the titles to view a PDF file of each poster. Anatase, Rutile, and Brookite TiO2 Electron Transport Layers for Mesoporous Carbon-based Perovskite Solar Cells Authors: Beatriz E. Heredia-Cervera, Mahmoud Nabil, Wendy Y. Padrón-Hernández, Renan Escalante, Antonio J.…
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Sustainable Solar Futures: A Report on Policy Pathways for Energy Access
How sustainable is solar energy? Our new report evaluates the sustainability of both current and emerging solar technologies across three pillars: environmental, social, and economic. It also proposes key policy actions for ensuring a sustainable, resilient, and just solar transition.
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Symposium on Accelerating A Just Energy Transition Through Next-Generation Solar
We’re feeling thoroughly motivated and inspired after the success of our January symposium on next-generation solar. Over the course of 5 days in Kuala Lumpur, we assembled members of our global network to discuss this year’s topic: ‘Strategies for Accelerating a Just Energy Transition Through the Adoption of Next-Generation Solar.’