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[https://www.power-technology.com/comment/covid-19-impact-renewable-energy-projects-poll/ Covid-19 will have high impact on renewable energy projects: Poll]
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[https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/transforming-energy-system-post-covid-19-win-win-people-and-planet Transforming the energy system—a post-COVID-19 win-win for people and planet]
 
[https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/transforming-energy-system-post-covid-19-win-win-people-and-planet Transforming the energy system—a post-COVID-19 win-win for people and planet]
  
| <span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Niklas Hagelberg and Mark Radka, UN Environment Programme</span><br/>
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| <span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Niklas Hagelberg and Mark Radka, UN Environment Programme</span><br/>
 
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[https://www.cnbcafrica.com/africa-press-office/2020/04/28/coronavirus-africa-covid-19-lessons-offer-hope-for-global-efforts-to-address-climate-change-impacts/ Coronavirus – Africa: COVID-19 lessons offer hope for global efforts to address climate change impacts]
 
[https://www.cnbcafrica.com/africa-press-office/2020/04/28/coronavirus-africa-covid-19-lessons-offer-hope-for-global-efforts-to-address-climate-change-impacts/ Coronavirus – Africa: COVID-19 lessons offer hope for global efforts to address climate change impacts]
  
| <span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Africa Press Office</span><br/>
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[https://www.unescap.org/blog/covid-19-crisis-reinforces-importance-sustainable-energy-transition COVID-19 crisis reinforces the importance of the sustainable energy transition]
 
[https://www.unescap.org/blog/covid-19-crisis-reinforces-importance-sustainable-energy-transition COVID-19 crisis reinforces the importance of the sustainable energy transition]
  
| <span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Michael Williamson and Anis Zaman, UN ESCAP</span><br/>
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| <span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Michael Williamson and Anis Zaman, UN ESCAP</span><br/>
| <span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">27 April</span><br/>
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[https://news.trust.org/item/20200420052013-n7hf2 Coronavirus crisis threatens to cut off clean electricity lifeline for poor]
 
[https://news.trust.org/item/20200420052013-n7hf2 Coronavirus crisis threatens to cut off clean electricity lifeline for poor]
  
| <span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Megan Rowling, Thomas Reuters Foundation</span><br/>
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| <span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Megan Rowling, Thomas Reuters Foundation</span><br/>
 
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[https://www.powerforall.org/insights/dre-technologies/covid-19-roundup COVID-19 Roundup]
 
[https://www.powerforall.org/insights/dre-technologies/covid-19-roundup COVID-19 Roundup]
  
| <span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">by Power for All about the collective action being taken by the energy access community globally</span><br/>
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| <span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">by Power for All about the collective action being taken by the energy access community globally</span><br/>
 
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[https://www.utilitydive.com/news/the-effects-of-coronavirus-measures-on-electricity-markets/576296/ Opinion: The effects of coronavirus measures on electricity markets]
 
[https://www.utilitydive.com/news/the-effects-of-coronavirus-measures-on-electricity-markets/576296/ Opinion: The effects of coronavirus measures on electricity markets]
  
| <span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Alex Gilbert and Morgan Bazilian,&nbsp;Utility Dive</span><br/>
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| <span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Alex Gilbert and Morgan Bazilian,&nbsp;Utility Dive</span><br/>
 
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[https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertbryce/2020/04/19/beating-covid-is-all-about-electricity/#1105e30750b8 Beating Covid Is All About Electricity]
 
[https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertbryce/2020/04/19/beating-covid-is-all-about-electricity/#1105e30750b8 Beating Covid Is All About Electricity]
  
| <span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Robert Bryce, Forbes</span><br/>
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| <span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Robert Bryce, Forbes</span><br/>
 
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[https://www.sun-connect-news.org/articles/technology/details/the-unseen-linkage-between-clean-cooking-solutions-and-pandemic-how-to-save-millions-of-potential-v/ The unseen linkage between clean cooking solutions and pandemic: how to save millions of potential victims]<span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;Long-sighted strategies are required to unlock significant benefits for all</span>
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[https://www.sun-connect-news.org/articles/technology/details/the-unseen-linkage-between-clean-cooking-solutions-and-pandemic-how-to-save-millions-of-potential-v/ The unseen linkage between clean cooking solutions and pandemic: how to save millions of potential victims]<span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">&nbsp;Long-sighted strategies are required to unlock significant benefits for all</span>
  
 
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<span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">OPINION:&nbsp;</span>[https://news.trust.org/item/20200415095636-jhr36/ COVID-19, air pollution and cooking: a deadly connection]#
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<span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">OPINION:&nbsp;</span>[https://news.trust.org/item/20200415095636-jhr36/ COVID-19, air pollution and cooking: a deadly connection]#
  
<span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"The ability for doctors to treat infected populations is based on the assumption that clinics and medical equipment are fully functioning with access to sufficient, uninterrupted, reliable electricity...</span><br/>
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<span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">"The ability for doctors to treat infected populations is based on the assumption that clinics and medical equipment are fully functioning with access to sufficient, uninterrupted, reliable electricity...</span><br/>
  
| [https://news.trust.org/profile/?id=0033z00002fmiT2AAI Hajia Samira Bawumia & Dymphna van der Lans]<span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;</span>[http://www.twitter.com/@SBawumia @SBawumia]<span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;&#124; Clean Cooking Alliance</span><br/>
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| [https://news.trust.org/profile/?id=0033z00002fmiT2AAI Hajia Samira Bawumia & Dymphna van der Lans]<span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;</span>[http://www.twitter.com/@SBawumia @SBawumia]<span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">&nbsp;&#124; Clean Cooking Alliance</span><br/>
 
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[https://www.pv-magazine-india.com/2020/04/14/covid-lockdown-will-impact-rooftop-solar-more-than-grid-connected-says-care-ratings/ Covid lockdown will impact rooftop solar more than grid-connected projects, says Care Ratings]
 
[https://www.pv-magazine-india.com/2020/04/14/covid-lockdown-will-impact-rooftop-solar-more-than-grid-connected-says-care-ratings/ Covid lockdown will impact rooftop solar more than grid-connected projects, says Care Ratings]
  
| <span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Uma Gupta, PV Magazine</span><br/>
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[https://nextbillion.net/ast-mile-distributors-adapting-covid19 How Will Last-Mile Distributors Adapt to and Survive the COVID-19 Crisis?]
 
[https://nextbillion.net/ast-mile-distributors-adapting-covid19 How Will Last-Mile Distributors Adapt to and Survive the COVID-19 Crisis?]
  
| E<span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">mma Colenbrander,&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Practical Action, Global Distributors Collective (GDC)</span></span>
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| E<span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">mma Colenbrander,&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Practical Action, Global Distributors Collective (GDC)</span></span>
 
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[https://www.cnbcafrica.com/coronavirus/2020/04/09/op-ed-covid-19-is-a-huge-threat-to-africas-off-grid-energy-sector-and-its-millions-of-customers-heres-what-needs-to-be-done/ OP-Ed COVID-19 is a huge threat to Africa’s off-grid energy sector and its millions of customers – here’s what needs to be done]
 
[https://www.cnbcafrica.com/coronavirus/2020/04/09/op-ed-covid-19-is-a-huge-threat-to-africas-off-grid-energy-sector-and-its-millions-of-customers-heres-what-needs-to-be-done/ OP-Ed COVID-19 is a huge threat to Africa’s off-grid energy sector and its millions of customers – here’s what needs to be done]
  
| <span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mansoor Hamayun, CNBC</span><br/>
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[https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/pandemic-energy-access-coronavirus Here's why energy security is a vital tool in tackling a pandemic]
 
[https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/pandemic-energy-access-coronavirus Here's why energy security is a vital tool in tackling a pandemic]
  
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[https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/491220-covid-19-the-global-south-must-not-be-forgotten COVID-19 — the Global South must not be forgotten]
 
[https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/491220-covid-19-the-global-south-must-not-be-forgotten COVID-19 — the Global South must not be forgotten]
  
| <span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Morgan Bazilian and Jay Lemery The Hill</span><br/>
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[https://news.trust.org/item/20200331134807-w6a0h OPINION: Power in a pandemic - why energy access matters during coronavirus]
 
[https://news.trust.org/item/20200331134807-w6a0h OPINION: Power in a pandemic - why energy access matters during coronavirus]
  
| <span style="font-size: 13.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Damilola Ogunbiyi, SEforALL</span><br/>
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[https://theconversation.com/covid-19-nigeria-should-prioritise-power-supply-to-health-care-facilities-134444 COVID-19: Nigeria should prioritise power supply to health care facilities]
 
[https://theconversation.com/covid-19-nigeria-should-prioritise-power-supply-to-health-care-facilities-134444 COVID-19: Nigeria should prioritise power supply to health care facilities]
  
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[https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/coronavirus-outbreak-has-serious-impact-on-solar-industry/84105/ Coronavirus outbreak has serious impact on solar industry]
 
[https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/coronavirus-outbreak-has-serious-impact-on-solar-industry/84105/ Coronavirus outbreak has serious impact on solar industry]
  
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Revision as of 09:19, 7 May 2020

Overview

The global pandemic COVID-19 has completely uprooted our lives and changed the way we work. It also has a tremendous impact on the off-grid energy sector. According to a survey by GOGLA, if this situation lasts for more than 3-4 months, many off-grid companies (almost 50%) will not survive. One of the biggest problems of off-grid companies is liquidity. Due to the current situation, customer liquidity has gone down, new sales have decreased, access to capital is either slowed or reduced and this has made it difficult to maintain the infrastructures. 

This page list all the articles, resources and information related to COVID-19 and energy access and is not exhaustive. Please feel free to add new resources to this page by editing it.


Resources

Below are a list of different resouces such as funding opportunities, tools and courses:



Links to Corona related Energy Access Articles

Title Author/Source Published date

Covid-19 will have high impact on renewable energy projects: Poll

Global Data Energy

4 May 2020

Transforming the energy system—a post-COVID-19 win-win for people and planet

Niklas Hagelberg and Mark Radka, UN Environment Programme
29 April

Coronavirus – Africa: COVID-19 lessons offer hope for global efforts to address climate change impacts

Africa Press Office
28 April

COVID-19 crisis reinforces the importance of the sustainable energy transition

Michael Williamson and Anis Zaman, UN ESCAP
27 April

OPINION World Bank/SEforALL | Energy Access Takes Center Stage in Fighting COVID-19

Riccardo Puliti, World Bank 22 April

COVID19’s impact on India’s solar industry

Ameya Pimpalkhare
22 April

Coronavirus crisis threatens to cut off clean electricity lifeline for poor

Megan Rowling, Thomas Reuters Foundation
20 April

Sustainable Development Goal 7 (Energy) and Covid-19 in Situations of Displacement: A Briefing Note

GPA  20 April 

COVID-19 Roundup

by Power for All about the collective action being taken by the energy access community globally
20 April

Opinion: The effects of coronavirus measures on electricity markets

Alex Gilbert and Morgan Bazilian, Utility Dive
20 April

Beating Covid Is All About Electricity

Robert Bryce, Forbes
19 April

The unseen linkage between clean cooking solutions and pandemic: how to save millions of potential victims Long-sighted strategies are required to unlock significant benefits for all

Hivos Energy 16 April

African Union and IRENA to Advance Renewables in Response to Covid-19,

IRENA 16 April

CALL TO ACTION: Roadmap for the decentralised renewables sector to survive and flourish in the wake of thecovid-19 crisis

ARE 15 April

OPINION: COVID-19, air pollution and cooking: a deadly connection#

"The ability for doctors to treat infected populations is based on the assumption that clinics and medical equipment are fully functioning with access to sufficient, uninterrupted, reliable electricity...

 @SBawumia | Clean Cooking Alliance

15 April

Covid lockdown will impact rooftop solar more than grid-connected projects, says Care Ratings

Uma Gupta, PV Magazine
14 April

How Will Last-Mile Distributors Adapt to and Survive the COVID-19 Crisis?

Emma Colenbrander, Practical Action, Global Distributors Collective (GDC) 14 April

COVID-19: Lessons learnt and outlooks for sustainable, low carbon transport

SLOCAT 14 April

Staying on Course: Renewable Energy in the Time of COVID-19

Newsroom 10 April

OP-Ed COVID-19 is a huge threat to Africa’s off-grid energy sector and its millions of customers – here’s what needs to be done

Mansoor Hamayun, CNBC
9 April

Here's why energy security is a vital tool in tackling a pandemic

World Economic Forum
6 April

COVID-19 — the Global South must not be forgotten

Morgan Bazilian and Jay Lemery The Hill
5 April

OPINION: Power in a pandemic - why energy access matters during coronavirus

Damilola Ogunbiyi, SEforALL
31 March

COVID-19: Nigeria should prioritise power supply to health care facilities

Samuel Ayokunle Olowosejeje, The Conversation
30 March

Coronavirus outbreak has serious impact on solar industry

Renewable Energy Hub
20 March


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