OUR WORK
Ending energy poverty takes curiosity, planning, understanding, and a whole lot of executional muscle. In moving people from awareness to action, we work to:
Educate
Expand public understanding of energy’s role in health, opportunity, and dignity.
Deploy
Deliver reliable energy where it’s needed most, using technologies that fit the local context.
Partner
Coordinate across sectors to ensure projects are grounded in local leadership, responsive to context, and designed for long-term success.
OUR STAKE IN THE GROUND
We work with Energy Corps Grantees to put real-world solutions into practice—built for scale and sustained by community leadership. Currently, we are supporting projects in Zambia, Kenya, Senegal, Ghana, and more.
NP4SE, Senegal
New Producers for Sustainable Energy
Giving government teams in emerging energy-producing countries better access to expertise and data, helping them make more informed energy decisions.
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Tribal Energy Alternatives, Pine Ridge, South Dakota
Tribal Energy Alternatives
Moving shovel-ready solar projects that Tribal communities are already pursuing across the finish line.
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Mercy Corps, Senegal
Prosper Global
Helping newly electrified rural communities in Senegal put electricity to productive use.
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Mwangaza Light, Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya
DanChurchAid
Helping households move from wood and charcoal to electric cooking in Kenya’s Kakuma and Kalobeyei settlements.
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Clean Cooking Alliance
Clean Cooking Accelerator Initiative
Deploying Clean Cooking Fellows to African governments to strengthen institutional capacity and support clean cooking strategies to develop investable project pipelines.
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Bettering Human Lives Foundation, Eugene Danso, Ghana
Bettering Human Lives Foundation
Operationalizing fuel and retail distribution in Zambia.
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EED Research Institute
EED Research Institute has released its first research report, offering a clear insight on the factors that expand energy access and support long-term prosperity.
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Gigawatt Impact
Developing a mini-grid solar installation in Burundi.
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IEA Ghana
Supporting investment in infrastructure and creating a national nuclear program.
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Innovation: Africa
Innovation: Africa
Implementing IA’s solar-plus-water well model, with real-time impact tracking.
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We welcome inquiries from nonprofit organizations whose work aligns with our mission to expand access to affordable, reliable modern energy. Learn about our eligibility criteria on our Grant Opportunities page.
We’d like to shine a light on the founding funders who’ve joined our movement to increase energy access.
Energy Corps gives energy sector leaders a way to replace energy scarcity with energy prosperity around the globe. Become an Energy Corps funder and support this work.
