BLUF: Nigeria’s first Integrated Resource Plan (NIRP) recommends expanding the national grid tenfold by 2045. But it rests on three doubtful assumptions: That customers — already off-grid — will ...

This piece is cross-posted with The ONE Campaign. “Power will power job creation.” This bold statement from Liberia’s Minister of Finance and Development Planning Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan succinctly ...

Nuclear is not only for rich countries. India and Pakistan started civilian nuclear programs when they were far poorer than most nuclear-aspiring countries today. A diverse set of emerging markets are ...

Electricity demand across ASEAN is projected to more than triple by 2050, rising to about 4,000 terawatt-hours (TWh). ASEAN includes some of Asia’s fastest growing economies, including Cambodia, the ...

Electricity demand across Latin America is projected to nearly triple by 2050. More than 70% of regional demand growth will be in Argentina, Brazil, and México, which have nuclear power today and ...

BLUF: For African governments overseeing underperforming utilities, South Africa’s power turnaround offers a replicable model. After years of chronic outages, South Africa achieved 300+ consecutive ...

In our previous analysis, we reported Ethiopia’s startling pivot from one of Africa’s least motorized countries to the continent’s most electrified vehicle market. New disaggregated data on passenger ...

Last week, Ghana’s Ministry of Finance announced it had cleared $1.47 billion in legacy energy sector debt, a significant step towards stabilizing the power sector and restoring fiscal credibility.

As global demand for energy continues to surge, more countries are opting for nuclear energy as a reliable, firm, and clean source of baseload power. China, Russia, and the United States, top ...

Originally published in Vox, December 1, 2025. If you’re reading this, chances are you care a lot about fighting climate change, and that’s great. The climate emergency threatens all of humanity. And ...

Governments and companies are scouring Africa to secure minerals and metals. They care about their own national security and supply chain diversity. New deals must, of course, also benefit Africa. But ...

The first US small modular reactor (SMR) developers are moving ahead with their reactor designs, and utilities are eyeing construction permit applications with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).