A global dialogue series on the future of clean energy for productive use and economic opportunity — moving beyond technology to the ecosystem that makes scale possible.
Clean energy for productive use — solar dryers, cold rooms, processing units, clean cooling — has moved from pilots into commercial deployment across India and other developing economies, lifting farm productivity, reducing post-harvest losses, and enabling micro-enterprises along the way.
Fragmented, inconsistent financing
Limited after-sales support
Uneven monitoring & impact data
Lack of standardisation
A fragmented sector narrative
Closing this gap needs manufacturers, financiers, governments, researchers, and implementers working from the same table — and that's what Powering Progress sets out to do: bringing practitioners, policymakers, enterprises, investors, and development organisations together to exchange practical experience and build consensus on how to scale, session by session.
Showcase proven commercial models of scaling for productive-use clean energy technologies.
Identify the bottlenecks that still limit commercial expansion across markets.
Promote cross-learning across market-led models, data and impact metrics, unlocking financing, gender inclusion, after-sales, among others.
Build consensus around practical solutions, partnerships, and policy recommendations.
Strengthen collaboration across government, private sector, development partners, and financiers.
Each session ends in a published Action Brief — practical recommendations feeding straight into the DRE Knowledge Hub.
Despite years of successful pilots, commercial adoption remains limited. This session examines the bottlenecks blocking scale and how market demand, manufacturing, financing, distribution, policy, and after-sales services come together into a working ecosystem.
Robust evidence attracts finance and shapes policy — but inconsistent monitoring across programmes makes outcomes hard to compare. A practical look at impact measurement across enterprises, implementers, and ecosystem programmes.
Finance remains the largest barrier to scale. A focused look at blended finance, public-private partnerships, and government convergence that can make these solutions affordable and commercially viable.
Beyond energy access, today's innovations drive enterprise growth, food systems resilience, women's economic empowerment, and rural industrialisation. How different stakeholders can tell that fuller story.
Adoption doesn't end at installation. Maintenance, spare parts, remote monitoring, warranties, and local service networks are what keep technologies trusted and performing over time.
Beyond each individual session, the series is built to bring ecosystem stakeholders together to share and exchange ideas and experience of scaling clean-energy-powered livelihood innovations — sparking interest in replicating what's already working across geographies and sectors.
A published brief after each session summarising key recommendations and practical takeaways for the sector.
An archive of recordings, presentations, and resources from all six dialogues, built out as the series runs.
Partnership opportunities and an ongoing network connecting stakeholders across government, industry, finance, and development.
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