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WoodMac: Nearly $470M Invested Into Off-Grid Energy Access Companies Last Year

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Benjamin Attia is a senior analyst at Wood Mackenzie focused on downstream solar PV in Africa and the Middle East as well as off-grid energy access. While the last decade saw the birth of a trillion-dollar market opportunity for off-grid energy access, the 2020s will reveal the true pace of change. Download it here.

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The Land of Opportunity for Off-Grid Energy

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The Mobisol and BBOXX deals “demonstrate that utility-minded strategic investors continue to see a crystal-clear value proposition in becoming a utility of the future to last-mile customers,” said Benjamin Attia, an analyst in WoodMac’s Power & Renewables practice. The coming mini-grid boom.

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Recovering the Missing Millions Owed to Africa’s Minigrids

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Despite the large sums promised, “the energy access minigrid sector is chronically underfunded,” observed Benjamin Attia, senior research analyst in Wood Mackenzie’s energy transition practice, in an email. That’s roughly 3 percent of what has been pledged to the region. Others are simply behind schedule.”