Africa
Clean Energy 101: Renewably Powered Minigrids
The what, why, how, and where of solar powered minigrids and battery storage to keep the lights on and people safe…
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Third Derivative
Smelting Barriers: The Innovators Forging a New Future for Iron and Steel
Why emerging technologies are heating up the steel market, and how Third Derivative’s startups are laying the blueprint for a resilient industry.
US Policy
Affordability 101: Can We Cut American Energy Bills in Half?
As people throughout the United States worry about the cost of energy, it’s time to solve the problem.
Climate Finance
How Climate-Vulnerable Countries and Territories Navigate a System Not Built for Them
On the shores of the Caribbean and Pacific, two CFAN Advisors, out of a cohort of twenty globally, are steering their respective countries and regions toward resilience. Rowena Tolentino in The Bahamas and Manon Marcadet…
Spark Chart
The Five Types of Electro-Industrial States
The United States is entering into a new era in which energy, manufacturing, and computing are converging into a single growth engine: the “electro-industrial” stack. Investment is clustering where policy reliability, regulatory ease, economic capacity,…
Climate Aligned Industries
Why Brazil Is Positioned to Become a Leading Green E-Fuel Exporter
Highlights With its largely renewable grid, strong political support for low-carbon hydrogen, and abundant freshwater and biogenic carbon supply, Brazil is set to be a globally competitive e-fuel producer. Momentum for Brazil’s e-fuel opportunity was…
Transportation
Building Smarter: How Investing in More Transportation Choices Cuts Infrastructure Costs
Last month, Illinois lawmakers brought the Chicago transit system back from the brink of financial insolvency largely by deploying one transformative solution: shifting transport revenues away from excess roadway construction and instead into turbocharging the…
Africa
Empowering Energy Access with a Community-Centric Approach
The Community-Centric Minigrid Toolkit provides a practical guide and insights into designing and implementing community-centric minigrids in Africa.
Strategic Insights
Three Ways to Accelerate Energy Efficiency
The year’s most authoritative report on Energy Efficiency is out, and it highlights a stark contrast between what is happening and what is possible. The International Energy Agency (IEA)’s annual report highlights…
General
Electrification 101: Enabling Truck Charging with Flexible Service Connections
How small shifts in charging schedules can enable faster trucking electrification and lower costs for both fleets and utilities.
