Impact of COVID-19 on Energy Access

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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. 

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Links to Corona related Energy Access Articles

Title Author/Source Published date

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

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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