DYNAMISER LE FINANCEMENT DE L’ACCÈS À L’ÉNERGIE : UN TOUR D’HORIZON

The 2020 report by Sustainable Energy for All highlights a significant and growing gap between the investment needed and the actual funding provided for universal energy access. In 2018, only 16 billion USD was recorded for electrification in high-impact countries (HIC), far below the 41 billion USD annual requirement. Clean cooking funding, while tripling to 131 million USD in 2018, remains drastically lower than the 4.53 billion USD needed annually. The report notes a concerning trend where fossil fuel investments have grown, while renewable energy and off-grid solutions remain underfunded. It calls for coordinated action between development finance institutions and governments, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, to reduce risks for private investors and shift away from carbon-intensive energy sources.

• There is a substantial deficit in annual funding required to meet 2030 energy access goals: electrification in high-impact countries (HIC) received 16 billion USD in 2018 against a need of 41 billion USD, while clean cooking received 131 million USD against a need of 4.53 billion USD.
• Energy financing is poorly distributed geographically; in 2018, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) represented 70% of the HIC population without electricity but received less than 20% of the total electrification funding for HIC, totaling 3.3 billion USD.
• Investment trends are shifting toward fossil fuels, with these sources constituting the largest share of electrification commitments in HIC for the first time in at least six years, largely due to grid-connected projects in Bangladesh.
• Clean cooking investments are highly concentrated; Bangladesh accounted for 47% of total tracked investments in 2018, primarily through two large projects funded by the World Bank Group and the Green Climate Fund.
• Private sector investment in clean cooking is minimal and focused on modern fuels like ethanol, biogas, and LPG, whereas public funding primarily targets improved cookstoves (ICS).
• Gender-focused energy access funding is limited, representing only 2% to 11% of total official development assistance (ODA) for the energy sector, with 93% of this funding coming from just ten organizations.
• Rwanda's strategic policy reforms between 2013 and 2016, including expanding the national electrification plan to off-grid solutions and implementing cost-reflective tariffs, led to public and private investments three to five times higher than other low-income SSA countries.

APA

Sustainable Energy for All (2020). DYNAMISER LE FINANCEMENT DE L’ACCÈS À L’ÉNERGIE : UN TOUR D’HORIZON. https://www.seforall.org/system/files/2021-03/EF-2020-UL-ES-fr-SEforALL.pdf

Chicago

Sustainable Energy for All. DYNAMISER LE FINANCEMENT DE L’ACCÈS À L’ÉNERGIE : UN TOUR D’HORIZON. 2020. https://www.seforall.org/system/files/2021-03/EF-2020-UL-ES-fr-SEforALL.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{sustainableenergyforall2020dynamiser, author = {{Sustainable Energy for All}}, title = {{DYNAMISER LE FINANCEMENT DE L’ACCÈS À L’ÉNERGIE : UN TOUR D’HORIZON}}, institution = {Sustainable Energy for All}, year = {2020}, url = {https://www.seforall.org/system/files/2021-03/EF-2020-UL-ES-fr-SEforALL.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }