Community Energy Systems and Sustainable Energy Transitions in Ethiopia, Malawi and Mozambique (CESET)

A collaborative multi-institutional research partnership funded by the Global Challenges Research Fund, CESET explores the potential of community energy systems to accelerate inclusive, just, and clean energy transitions in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Mozambique.

Map showing extreme precarity of energy access in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Mozambique

News

New publication on the role of community energy in mediating sustainable energy transition

28th July, 2026

Vanesa Castán Broto and colleagues have published a new open access article in Nature entitled "The role of community energy in mediating sustainable energy transitions in East and Southern Eastern Africa".

Supply chain challenges and off-grid energy development

2nd June, 2026

Harshit Vallecha, Joshua Kirshner, Lorraine Howe, Mulualem Gebreslassie and Long Seng To have published a new open access artilce in Environmental Research: Energy. In "Supply chain challenges and off-grid energy development: insights from Southern and East Africa" the authors argue that the off-grid energy sector, comprising small scale decentralised renewable energy systems, plays a growing role in electrifying underserved communities in many parts of Africa.

New collection of CESET poems published

14th January, 2026

CESET researcher Dr Hita Unnikrshnan has published a poem entitled "The Powers That Be..." in a new open access book - Intersectional Climate Justice in Eastern Africa - published by Bloomsbury.