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Humanitarian Energy Portal

This portal serves as a guide for anyone interested in the humanitarian energy nexus and a repository for consolidating and managing the latest information from the sector. This portal will be a living knowledge product and will be updated regularly.

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Energy in Displacement Settings

• Definitions and issue overview
  • Displaced population and country
  • Humanitarian organizations
  • The role of energy in humanitarian settings
  • The humanitarian energy supply and demand gap
• IASC Matrix
• E-Waste reduction in displacement settings

Humanitarian Energy Nexus

• Energy and livelihood
• Energy and health
• Energy and education
• Energy and WASH
• Energy and food

Overview & Energy Services

• Households
• Businesses
• Communities
• Institutions

Finance Schemes for Energy Access

• Overview of different finance schemes
• Promoting market based energy access for cooking and lighting in Kakuma refugee camp
• Webinar: Making markets work | Models for private sector engagement in humanitarian energy

Platforms for Humanitarian, Development, Peace (HDP) and Energy

• GPA website
• GIZ's Energy Solutions for Displacement Settings (ESDS) Project
• Sustainable Energy for All
• Health and Energy Platform of Action (HEPA)

Product & Service Providers

• Clean Cooking Alliance - sector directory
• GOGLA
• Verasol Product Database
• Private sector database on energypedia
• UN Global Marketplace

Tools & Trainings

• Preparation Guide for a Sustainable Energy Project in Refugee Settings
• Toolkit for Improving Energy Use in Humanitarian Operations
• Solar AC Sizing Tool
• Toolbox on Solar Powered Irrigation
• Operation and Maintenance Plan and Glossary for PV Systems

Policies/Regulatory Environment

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Countries

• Assessment of Market-Driven Solutions for Energy Access in Refugee Settlements in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Highlights

Humanitarian Energy Webinar Series

Webinar Series on Cooking Energy in Displacement Settings

Humanitarian Energy Video Library

E-Learning Modules

Latest Humanitarian Energy Publications

• Course Corrections: Improving Effectiveness and Efficiency in Humanitarian Energy
• A Roadmap for Energy Access in Displacement Settings: Ethiopia
• Refugee Response Lens Podcast – Episode 1 - Access to Clean Energy and Climate Resilience in Uganda's Refugee Response
• Briefing on Healthcare Electrification in Humanitarian Settings
• A Roadmap for Energy Access in Displacement Settings: Nigeria
• Empowerment through Appliances: Insights from the Humanitarian Energy Sector

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Offers

Connect With Us

energy@unitar.org
Humanitarian Energy Practitioners Group
GPA Twitter Page

GPA Newsletter

Opportunities

8 December 2025
Ashden Awards 2026

12 December 2025
Climate & Clean Air Coalition – Accelerating uptake of eCooking in Africa

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Semantic Sandbox Events

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Job offers

10 December 2025
Service Provider: JMEG video project

14 December 2025
Project Lead / Project Manager – Energy Policy

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