Arne Jacobson

TL;DR: In this article, a case study of a community-based electric micro-grid in rural Kenya is presented, where the authors demonstrate that access to electricity enables the use of electric equipment and tools by small and micro enterprises, resulting in significant improvement in productivity per worker (100-200% depending on the task at hand) and in a corresponding growth in income levels in the order of 20-70% in the product made.

TL;DR: In this paper, the benefits of solar electrification are captured primarily by the rural middle class, and solar electricity plays a modest role in supporting economically productive and education-related activities, but "connective" applications such as television, radio, and cellular telephone charging often receive a higher priority.

TL;DR: Investigation of a more efficient algal harvesting system may benefit wastewater treatment plants by enabling cost effective means to reduce solids content of the final effluent and use of SAF to harvest commercially grown Chlorella and Scenedesmus may reduce manufacturing costs of algal-based products such as fuel, fertilizer, and fish food.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the third edition of the World Bank Group's lighting Africa program, which is a collaboration between Lighting Global and Bloomberg New Energy Finance, in partnership with the Global Off-Lighting Association (GOGLA).

TL;DR: Improving affordability and access to better lighting options (hurricane or pressure lamps and lighting using grid or off-grid electricity) can deliver health benefits for a large fraction of the world's population, while reducing the economic and environmental burden of the current fuel-based lighting technologies.