Portal:Impacts

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Welcome to the Impacts Portal

The impact portal provides an overview of research methods, questionnaires and tools as well as on articles on social, economic and environmental impacts of renewable energy on energypedia. Impacts of specific technologies can be found on the respective portals.

Overview

• Research Ethics
• Monitoring Glossary
• Impact Monitoring Guidelines

Questionnaires and Tools

• Impact Evaluation Materials
• Materials for Quantitative Methods
• Environment Assessment Related to Micro-hydro Power (MHP) Projects in Ethiopia
• Remote Monitoring
• Cost-Benefit Analysis for Cookstove Projects

Specific Impacts

Find here all articles and files tagged with the Impact category:

• Economic Impacts‎
• ‎Environmental Impacts‎
• Health Impacts‎
• Social Impacts

Check also the technology portals and the energy access portal for specific impacts.

Research Methods and Evaluation Designs

Evaluation Designs

• Quantitative Impact Evaluation
• Qualitative Impact Evaluation
• Randomised Control Trials (RCT)

• Catalogue of Methods for Impact Studies
• Interviews / Discussions - Qualitative Methods
• Quantitative Methods
• Profound Household Survey
• Short Household Survey
• Experimental Design
• Quasi-Experimental or Non-Experimental Designs
• Control Groups
• Result Based Monitoring of Cookstove Projects

Sampling

• Guidelines for Sampling / Selection Criterias
• Sampling Methods
• Selection Bias

Indicator Development

• Indicators for Rural Electrification and Improved Cookstoves - "What to measure" and "How to measure"
• Impacts, Observation Fields and Indicators for Cooking Energy

Data Collection and Analysis

• Guiding Questions for Data Analysis

Selected Impact Studies

• Impacts of Rural Electrification in Uganda 2011-2019
• IOB Study - Renewable Energy. Access and Impact. A systematic literature review of the impact on livelihoods of interventions providing access to renewable energy in developing countries
• Survey on Impacts - Stove Project Kenya (2009)
• Uses & Impacts of Solar Water Pumps Insights from Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
• Understanding Multi-Level Drivers of Behaviour Change - A Cross-Impact Balance Analysis of What Influences the Adoption of Improved Cookstoves in Kenya
• Assessing the Sustainability of Decentralized Renewable Energy Systems: A Comprehensive Framework with Analytical Methods
• Impact Pathways of Small-Scale Energy Projects In The Global South – Findings from a Systematic EvaluationImpacts and Effects of Improved Wood Burning Stoves on Time Use and Quality: An Experimental Study in Rural Kenya
• PRODUSE II: Measuring Impact of Electrification on Micro and Small Enterprises in Nepal

Sustainability Evaluation

• Introduction to the Concept of Sustainability
• Sustainability Assessment of Improved Cookstove Dissemination
• Sustainable Transport Evaluation
• Sustainability Tool card

M&E Resources

• A Guide to Monitoring and Evaluation for Energy Projects
• World Bank's Dime Wiki
• Further External Links - Collection

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Impacts Events

8 April 2026
6th S-Access International Conference on Solar Technologies & Hybrid Mini-Grids for Energy Access

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Impacts Publications

• Renewable Energy Market Analysis: GCC 2019
• Fact Sheet: Quantifying mini-grid impacts
• Powering Opportunity - The Economic Impact of Off-Grid Solar

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Job offers

7 December 2025
Project Manager or Project Lead on Power Grid Modernisation and Electrification

10 December 2025
Service Provider: JMEG video project

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Opportunities

8 December 2025
Ashden Awards 2026

12 December 2025
Climate & Clean Air Coalition – Accelerating uptake of eCooking in Africa

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