Not all energy is consumed equally across the world. An estimated 16 percent of the world’s population — 1.2 billion people — have little or no access to electricity.

The world's biggest energy problem is a threshold shortage from the most vital energy outfit: the International Energy Agency. Its definition of "electricity access" is woefully too low.

Around the world, there are about 62,500 power plants operating today. That includes everything from coal-fired plants to hydroelectric dams to wind farms. But where are all these plants?

His work aims to map out where electricity and development intersect, honing in on the points where electricity access improves delivery of essential services like healthcare, education, and transport ...

In 1994, some 25 percent of the world’s population lacked access to electricity, EIA data show. That percentage was down to 15 percent, or about 1.1 billion people, by 2014, according to the ...

1.2. billion people – almost the population of India – don’t have access to electricity, 2.8 billion have to rely on wood or other biomass to cook and heat their homes. We will need a massive effort ...

In a follow-up to the International Energy Agency's "World Energy Outlook 2009" report, the U.N. Development Programme released its own compilation of data on energy access, with a focus on the ...

WASHINGTON, December 16, 2015 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved an International Development Association (IDA)* credit of us$54.5 million and a grant in the amount of ...

More than $36 billion a year is needed to ensure that the world’s population benefits from access to electricity and clean-burning cooking facilities by 2030, the International Energy Agency ...

Could off-grid electricity systems accelerate energy access?. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2016 / 04 / 160426101301.htm ...