Humanitarian Energy - Resources

Welcome to the Energy Solutions for Displacement Settings (ESDS) Project

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• Project Information
• ESDS Articles

Overview

• Energy and Displacement in Eight Objects: Insights from Sub-Saharan Africa 2019

Actors/Programmes

• UNHCR - Global Compact on Refugees (GCR)
• German Special Initiative “Tackling the Root Causes of Displacement, (Re-)integrating Refugees”
• Moving Energy Initiative
  
• Global Plan of Action
  
• Other actors such as WFP, MSF, FAO and IOM

Case-studies

• Sustainable Mini-grid Systems in Refugee Camps: A case study of Rwanda (2020)
  
• Prices, Products and Priorities - Meeting Refugees’ Energy Needs in Burkina Faso and Kenya (2018)
  
• The State of Sustainable Household Energy Access in Refugee Settings in Uganda - Survey Findings in Rhino Camp Settlement and Imvepi Settlement, Arua District, West Nile Region (EnDev 2019)
  
• The Humanitarian Hub in Malakal, South Sudan Goes Green
  

Other  Existing Information on Energypedia

Overview Articles

• Energy Access for Displaced People
• Energy Access for Refugees
• Preparation Guide for a Sustainable Energy Project in Refugee Settings
  
• Energy for Rural Health Centers
  
• Final Report - Workshop on Electricity for Humanitarian Agencies.pdf
  
• Webinar Series: Sustainable Energy in Humanitarian Settings
  

Cooking

• Cooking Energy in Refugee Situations
  
• Cooking Energy in Refugee Camps- Challenges and Opportunities
• Cooking with Clean Fuels: Designing Solutions in Kakuma Refugee Camp
• Cost-Benefit Analysis of LPG Cookstove Intervention
• Lessons learned from the field: LPG Distribution at Kutupalong Refugee Camp in Bangladesh (Webinar)

Further Information

• SUN-ESDS portal/articles

Partners

GIZ's Energy Solutions for Displacement Settings (ESDS) project cooperate with UNHCR to enhance the access to sustainable energy in displacement contexts, and the Energypedia page has been created to share learnings across various practitioners to spur the development of clean energy solutions.