Agency in transition: The role of transnational actors in the development of the off-grid solar PV regime in Uganda

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Sustainable performance challenges of rural microgrids: Analysis of incentives and policy framework in Indonesia

“…In Sub Saharan African countries, where non-government actors take prominent roles in many rural electrification programmes, a one-sided focus on maximizing system sales at the expense of capacity building for sustainable post-installation service delivery has also been noted (Ikejemba et al, 2017). There are many (social) entrepreneurship ventures that are receiving financing from overseas aid organizations and green investors who are keen to show that they are doing something constructive to foster the "energy transition" towards renewables (Bhamidipati, Hansen, & Haselip, 2019). This can lead to high expectations on the part of the receivers of the funds to deliver quick and tangible positive results, not unlike the situation facing the Philippine government.…”

Determinants of Chinese and Western-backed development finance in the global electricity sector

“…A potential explanation for this observation might be that the (historical) presence of Western-backed MDBs in more stable, low-risk environments crowded out part of Chinese involvement toward more risky but unserved areas, although this does not seem to be the case in all recipient countries. In Uganda, for example, the initial presence of the International Finance Corporation and the World Bank was followed by large Chinese investments in the country 51,52 (interview ID PU5). The results (presented in Figure 3) are robust to a weighting of the means by the number of supported projects and capacities, except for a few capacity-weighted means that are skewed by large projects (see Table S8).…”

The Role of Political Economy in Energy Access: Public and Private Off-Grid Electrification in Tanzania

“…However, targeting investments for households, which are often in remote and hard-to-reach locations, with restricted financial means and economic growth potential, makes the provision of electricity highly costly, risky and, above all, very unlikely to be profitable. Nevertheless, the increasing maturity of solar photovoltaic (PV) technology-reflected in increasing global deployment rates and considerable reduction of price-has put private players in a unique position to "reshape 'energy geographies', i.e., changing spatial, material, and political dimensions of energy" ( [4], p. 10). Furthermore, the access question is pursued by an increasing number of heterogeneous actors (private companies and funds, international donors and agencies, public actors, non-state actors, sub-national actors), creating a need for intensified coordination and engagement across all involved stakeholders.…”