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Humanitarian Energy Portal

This portal serves as a guide for anyone interested in the humanitarian energy nexus and a repository for consolidating and managing the latest information from the sector. This portal will be a living knowledge product and will be updated regularly.

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Energy in Displacement Settings

• Definitions and issue overview
  • Displaced population and country
  • Humanitarian organizations
  • The role of energy in humanitarian settings
  • The humanitarian energy supply and demand gap
  • Renewable Electrification and clean cooking technology in refugee camps
  • Humanitarian Energy Baseline Data
• IASC Matrix

Humanitarian Energy Nexus

• Energy and livelihood
• Energy and health
• Energy and education
• Energy and WASH
• Energy and food
• Energy and Gender
  • Publication - Can cooking solutions for refugees better serve gender dynamics?

Overview & Energy Services

• Households
• Businesses
• Communities
• Institutions
  • Publication - Humanitarian Energy : Energy for micro-enterprises in displacement settings

Finance Schemes for Energy Access

• Publication: Innovative Financing for Humanitarian Energy Interventions
• Publication: Funding and Delivery Models for Modern Energy Cooking Services in Displacement Settings: A Review
• Guide to market-based livelihood interventions
• Promoting market based energy access for cooking and lighting in Kakuma refugee camp
• Assessment of Market-Driven Solutions for Energy Access in Refugee Settlements in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Webinar: Making markets work | Models for private sector engagement in humanitarian energy
• Webinar on delivery models for clean cooking

Tender/Procurement

• Identification And Analysis Of Standard Clauses Of PPA And Leasing Agreements For Energy Provision In The Humanitarian Sector
• Feasibility and Applicability of a Global Guarantee Mechanism in Humanitarian Energy Contracts

Platforms for Humanitarian, Development, Peace (HDP) and Energy

• GPA website
• GIZ's Energy Solutions for Displacement Settings (ESDS) Project
• Sustainable Energy for All
• Health and Energy Platform of Action (HEPA)
• UNHCR - Global Compact on Refugees (GCR)
• OCHA - Humanitarian Data Exchange

Product & Service Providers

• Clean Cooking Alliance - sector directory
• GOGLA
• Verasol Product Database
• Private sector database on energypedia
• UN Global Marketplace

Tools & Trainings

• Planning a Humanitarian Energy Intervention (Toolkits/guides)
• Overview of Different Finance Mechanisms for Energy Access
  • Market-based approach for Energy Access
• Cooking Energy in Humanitarian Settings
• Solar Energy in Humanitarian Settings
• E-Waste reduction in displacement settings
• Inclusive Energy Access 101 (Self-Paced Course)
• HOMER Powering Health Tool

Policies/Regulatory Environment

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Countries

• Kenya
• Rwanda
• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone
• Mozambique
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Lebanon
• South Sudan
• DRC Congo

Highlights

Humanitarian Energy Webinar Series

Webinar Series on Cooking Energy in Displacement Settings

Humanitarian Energy Video Library

E-Learning Modules

Latest Humanitarian Energy Publications

• Knowledge Brief: Electricity as a Clean Cooking Alternative for Institutions in Humanitarian Settings
• Course Corrections: Improving Effectiveness and Efficiency in Humanitarian Energy
• A Roadmap for Energy Access in Displacement Settings: Ethiopia
• Refugee Response Lens Podcast – Episode 1 - Access to Clean Energy and Climate Resilience in Uganda's Refugee Response
• Briefing on Healthcare Electrification in Humanitarian Settings
• A Roadmap for Energy Access in Displacement Settings: Nigeria

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Opportunities

16 March 2026
Grant Awards and Technical Assistance Provision for Circular Economy Businesses in the Plastic Packaging and E-Waste Value Chains

16 March 2026
EEP Africa Call for Proposals

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30 March 2026
Advisory service for clean cooking activities

30 April 2026
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