Author: Rebekah Shirley

Energy Access: Powering Health Care

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Last week the United Nations Foundation held its Powering Health Care Conference here in Nairobi. I moderated a panel of fantastic researchers as we explored what the data says about the link between clean energy access and health care. The statistics were staggering — health care facilities with reliable electricity supply perform better in number […]

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The e-Jeenpey Journey: EVs making in-roads in the Philippines

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Throwback! I recently came across an old blog post I wrote while at ERG. I was in the Philippines, tracking the progress of the iCSC’s eJeepney, a locally retrofitted all electric version of the local Filipino jeepney, itself a retooled army jeep used for public transport. I got to see first hand how the eJeepney’s […]

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