The Clean Power HubSince 2019, Propel has conceived, developed and led a promising new tool to help achieve the clean energy transition: The Clean Power Hub.
Limiting global mean temperature increase to less than 1.5 or 2°C depends on deep, global power sector decarbonization and significantly increased integration of renewable energy technologies in power sectors all over the world. We know how to get more renewables on the grid and transform power sectors – and many excellent technical assistance and knowledge resources exist – but, in too many countries, this know-how isn’t being acted upon nearly fast enough. We need to equip today’s workforce, and tomorrow’s, with the skills and know-how to affect the clean energy transition—and we need to do it right now, everywhere. The Clean Power Hub is an effort to accelerate global technical assistance and capacity development on clean power. It is an integrated solutions platform that weds the best international expertise on clean power with the latest innovations in scalable, user-focused online learning and skills-development. The Clean Power Hub is funded by the Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) and has benefited from important contributions from NREL, Imperial College London, ClimateWorks Foundation and many others.
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Zero Carbon Buildings for AllWorking closely with the World Resources Institute (WRI) and others, the Propel team led recruitment efforts and much of the development of a bold new international initiative. Zero Carbon Buildings for All seeks to jumpstart global ambition on building sector decarbonization by securing hard-hitting collaborative commitments from national leadership, industry and financial institutions. We were able to secure commitments from dozens of private sector actors and banks, and four regionally influential national governments (Kenya, Turkey, the UAE and the UK). The initiative was one of a handful “summitted” at September’s United Nations Climate Action Summit, and was announced before the General Assembly by the President of Turkey.
Learn more about the initiative on the WRI website and the blog post we co-authored with Emma Stewart.
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Appliance Demand Stimulation for Rural DevelopmentSparking and expanding demand for household and productive appliances has always been a hallmark of successful rural electrification programs. But this aspect of electrification has been overlooked by many contemporary energy access and sustainable development efforts, greatly slowing market growth and impact. At the request of The Rockefeller Foundation, Propel developed a first-of-its-kind programmatic strategy to stimulate demand for and accelerate the uptake of income producing, energy-dependent services in emerging rural electrification contexts. A stronger, better-equipped demand stimulation ecosystem in rural electrification contexts wouldn’t be a silver bullet—but it would be another critical step toward universal electrification, and would create important frameworks for additional progress.
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Integrated Electrification PathwaysDespite continued, dramatic cost declines among clean energy solutions, progress toward achieving the ambitions of SDG 7 -- affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all -- has been uneven. It’s increasingly clear that SDG 7’s success will require integrated strategies—those that employ a mix of off-grid, mini-grid, and on-grid electrification solutions.
Propel worked with Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) to develop a report, case studies and proposed metrics to describe and highlight successful integrated electrification strategies. “Integrated Electrification Pathways for Universal Access to Electricity: A Primer” was released in May. The report is featured on SEforALL's website along with three videos they produced highlighting the findings from case studies in Ethiopia, Nepal and Togo.
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