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Energy Capacity Futures

CURRENT INITIATIVE

Overview

Energy Capacity Futures supports the institutions, talent, and ecosystems needed to build stronger, more resilient energy systems across emerging markets. This work focuses on strengthening regulatory, planning, and institutional capacity so countries can shape and implement integrated energy pathways spanning grid, off-grid, and emerging value chains, including critical minerals.

Through system-level capacity building and ecosystem strengthening, The Rockefeller Foundation helps develop local capabilities that influence energy sector outcomes across multiple countries and programs. Our focus is not only on expanding reliable energy supply, but also on strengthening the institutions and planning systems needed to link electricity to broader economic opportunity.

A core part of this work is investing in local expertise, supporting strong institutional homes for analysts and practitioners, and fostering collaboration across countries and disciplines. By strengthening locally led research and planning capacity, we help ensure energy pathways are shaped by those closest to the context, while generating insights that can inform broader global pathways to energy abundance.

Why It Matters

  •  
    0%%

    of energy transition studies

    focused on Africa in 2024 were authored by researchers based outside the continent

  •  
    >0

    of the literature modeling

    the energy transition in Africa focuses on just two countries: Nigeria and South Africa

  •  
    0of 43 countriesof 43 countries

    surveyed on the 2024

    African Development Bank Electricity Regulatory Index (ERI) scored above 0.80, underscoring the need for sustained improvement in regulatory capacity

Featured Content

  • The African School of Regulation
    The African School of Regulation (ASR) aims to be a center of excellence for independent discussion and knowledge exchange with the purpose of improving the quality of African energy regulation and policy.
  • African Energy Futures
    African Energy Futures is committed to transforming Africa’s energy planning ecosystem centered on establishing and supporting locally rooted research hubs that drive inclusive, modelled, policy-relevant research – on African terms.
  • South–South Transition Minerals Learning Platform
    The South-South Transition Minerals Learning Platform brings together government officials from Global South countries to share real-time experiences and co-develop best practices for managing transition mineral resources in ways that capture local economic value, protect communities, and support national development objectives.
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