Crypto rails: Powering the green grid
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The sun shines, but capital remains stubbornly opaque. Financing renewable energy, especially in emerging markets, is a paradox. While the appetite for sustainable investment grows, traditional funding rails remain clogged. Equity, the lifeblood of infrastructure, is largely the preserve of the affluent, leaving small and medium enterprises—the engines of development—adrift.
Consider Africa. From 2012 to 2021, $66.9 billion was invested in Africa’s renewable energy sector out of a total of $345.76…