Full Title: Interconnected Minigrids: From Pilots to Powerhouses
Author(s): Fola Aminu and Alberto Rodríguez
Publisher(s): Rocky Mountain Institute
Publication Date: December 8, 2025
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Description (excerpt):
Africa faces the world’s largest energy poverty gap across the globe: 600+ million people remain without electricity, and another 800 million live with unreliable power. This is largely because African utilities struggle with aging infrastructure, rising debt, and unprofitable tariff structures and business models. Interconnected minigrids (IMGs) offer a transformative solution by blending local renewable energy assets with existing grids to augment service reliability and availability, while increasing affordability.