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Energy access is fundamental to development and unlocking social and economic opportunities. Across many Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, where weak grids or insufficient generating capacity lead to frequent black or brownouts, fossil

Oct 14 2025, Nigeria & Kenya: Five unique consumer campaigns are beginning in Nigeria and Kenya, aimed at improving lives by changing public attitudes towards clean renewable energy and ending the use of highly damaging fossil fuel generators. The ground-breaking

Wednesday 8 October 2025, London and Nairobi: A new international competition recognising the best solar-powered generators for use in energy constrained settings, opens for nominations today. With a $100,000 prize fund, the competition aims to encourage clean energy innovation and

15 September 2025, London and Nairobi: A new international partnership between ZE-Gen (the Zero Emissions Generators initiative) and CLASP has been launched today to transform the solar generator market, by improving consumer choice, affordability and reliability. The collaboration aims to

This webinar presents the opportunity landscape for Zero-Emission Generators (ZE-Gen) across Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) in Asia-Pacific, based on recent prioritisation and deep dive studies. We share key insights on demand hotspots, regulatory context, financing gaps, and active players

7 August 2025, London: A ground-breaking finance facility making it simpler and easier for people and businesses in Africa to buy clean solar generators in place of polluting fossil fuel generators, will dramatically scale up following €6m in grant funding

During London Climate Action Week 2025, the ‘ZE-Gen – Powering Productivity, Accelerating Investment’ event brought together innovators, investors, and policymakers to explore how distributed renewable energy is reshaping unreliable grid settings.

10 July 2025, London: Five ground-breaking innovation projects designed to give homes, healthcare, farms, schools, SMEs, and transport in Nigeria new access to affordable clean power are underway following collaborations between organisations in the UK, Nigeria, India and Sweden. The

23 June 2025, London: The UK Special Representative for Climate, Rachel Kyte will today highlight the economic, health, and environmental benefits of UK-African innovation collaborations at the flagship ZE-Gen event, held as part of London Climate Action Week. ZE-Gen: Powering

About this event Join us for an event, hosted by the ZE-Gen initiative, focused on the potential of clean power to transform emerging economy businesses, communities and critical services struggling with unreliable or absent grid access. We’re bringing together innovators,