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Under-investment threatens to delay clean energy for poor 'by decades'
(Reuters, 19 Nov 2020) Lack of funding means goal to provide electricity and clean cooking to all by 2030 is out of reach, with fossil-fuel projects on the rise and COVID-19 crisis hitting off-grid sector.
Investment in providing electricity and clean cooking to hundreds of millions of people is "orders of magnitude" below what is needed to meet a global goal for everyone on the planet to use modern, green energy by 2030, researchers said Thursday.
An estimated $41 billion is required each year to supply electric power to all homes worldwide, but in 2018 only roughly a third of that, $16 billion, was committed for this purpose in 20 key developing countries, an annual tracking report said.
Fossil fuels accounted for the largest share of electricity finance allocations for the first time in at least six years.
The trend was driven mainly by grid-connected coal and gas projects in Bangladesh, said researchers, calling for an end to backing for carbon-heavy power plants.
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Reuters, 19 Nov 2020: Under-investment threatens to delay clean energy for poor 'by decades'
