About The Hub
The Energy for Growth Hub is a global solutions connector — matching policymakers with evidence-based pathways to a high-energy future for everyone.
Our Vision
- No person’s potential is wasted because the power where they live and work is too costly or too unreliable.
- All countries achieve the high-energy future they need to become prosperous, competitive, and climate resilient.
- Evidence and data drive energy decisions over ideology.
Our Mission
- Promote energy goals, policies, and metrics aligned with countries’ own development ambitions.
- Advance data-driven solutions by translating research into practical ideas and insights for policymakers.
Read the Hub’s FAQs
Our Network
The Energy for Growth Hub’s unparalleled research network comprises leading universities — including Stanford, MIT, Columbia, UC-Berkeley, Rice, Colorado School of Mines, and Chicago — and think tanks in Abuja, Accra, Bangkok, Cape Town, Jakarta, Nairobi, New Delhi, and Washington, DC. Learn more about the Hub’s network.
Our Work
The Hub’s research network is focused on critical issues for building a high-energy future — including grid technology, utility-scale renewables, gas-to-power, energy finance, and utilizing big data for smart least-cost energy planning. Learn more about the Hub’s work.
Our Leadership
Executive Director
Todd Moss is Executive Director of the Energy for Growth Hub, visiting fellow at the Center for Global Development, nonresident scholar at Rice University’s Baker Institute, nonresident fellow at the Payne Institute at the Colorado School of Mines, former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, former World Bank, former Georgetown, former London School of Economics. BA Tufts University, PhD/MSc SOAS.
Research Director
Rose Mutiso is Research Director for the Energy for Growth Hub, co-founder and CEO of the Mawazo Institute, former Senior Fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy, former Energy and Innovation Policy Fellow in the U.S. Senate. BA/BE Dartmouth College, PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.
Policy Director
Katie Auth is Policy Director of the Energy for Growth Hub, and former Senior Development Finance Advisor at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Acting Deputy Coordinator of the US Government’s Power Africa initiative, and Senior Analyst for Climate and Energy at Worldwatch Institute. BA Bowdoin College, MSc in Natural Resource Management from the University of Akureyri.
Board of Directors
- Rachel Pritzker, (Chair), Pritzker Innovation Fund
- Francis Fukuyama*, Stanford
- Sheila Herrling, Senior Fellow at the Beeck Center, former SVP, Case Foundation and former VP, Millennium Challenge Corporation
- Katie Hill, Boston Consulting Group
- Donald Kaberuka*, former President, African Development Bank
- Ben Leo, Fraym
- Damilola Ogunbiyi*, Sustainable Energy for All
- Linda Oramasionwu, Kupanda Capital
- Vijaya Ramachandran, Breakthrough Institute
- Tisha Schuller, Adamantine Energy
- Arvind Subramanian*, Brown University
*ex officio
Learn more about the Hub’s leadership, staff and board
Our Funding
The Hub is grateful for the generous support of current funders:
Rockefeller Foundation
Pritzker Innovation Fund
Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Blue Haven Initiative
Schusterman Family Philanthropies
ClearPath
Rodel Foundation
Open Society Initiative for West Africa
And past funders:
Engie
General Electric
Chevron
Harmon Family Foundation
The Energy for Growth Hub’s funders and partners make it possible for us to advance our mission of ending global energy poverty. In keeping with the highest standards of intellectual honesty and rigorous quality, all work by the Hub and our experts is conducted strictly independent of funding.
For the Media
For media inquiries, please contact Audrey Zenner at audrey@energyforgrowth.org.
Our work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Hub Pages
- Page#EnergyPovertyKillsEnergy poverty adversely impacts the lives of billions every day — which means it’s tough to get your head around it.Learn More
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- PageCoffee BriefingsThe Energy for Growth Hub's Coffee Break Briefings help you get smart on the most pressing issues affecting global energy poverty, showcased by our Hub network in 30 minute sessions.Learn More
- PageEndorsements"Africa’s energy future... is the most important topic for us to be discussing on the continent... As we look at Africa’s demographics, Africa’s growth, what is happening around the globe— what happens in Africa on the energy side will impact all of it." -US Ambassador to UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield, speaking at a Hub event at Georgetown University “What would equity look like in the global energy transition or what is the case for equity? In answering this question, I have drawn from the excellent work of the Energy for Growth Hub.” -Vice President of Nigeria, Prof.Learn More
- PageFAQsWhat exactly is “energy for growth”? All economies require energy. While some approaches to tackle energy poverty emphasize home lighting and phone charging, energy’s primary contribution to development -- at least since the industrial revolution -- is when it drives industry, commerce, and economic expansion.Learn More
- PageFundingThe Hub is grateful for the generous support of: Current funders Rockefeller Foundation Pritzker Innovation Fund Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Blue Haven Initiative Schusterman Family Philanthropies ClearPath Rodel Foundation Open Society Initiative for West Africa Past funders Engie General Electric Chevron Harmon Family Foundation The Energy for Growth Hub's funders and partners make it possible for us to advance our mission of ending global energy poverty.Learn More
- PageIn the Media"The US’s path-breaking climate law risks hitting the world’s poor," Semafor, February 24, 2023 "Cleantech race risks sidelining developing countries," Cipher, February 8, 2023 "Europe’s Hunger for Gas Leaves Poor Countries High and Dry," Foreign Policy, February 1, 2023 "Devex Invested: Your development finance wish list for 2023," Devex, January 3, 2023 "Investors have trillions to fight climate change.Learn More
- PageLeadershipOur Leadership Executive Director Todd Moss is Executive Director of the Energy for Growth Hub, visiting fellow at the Center for Global Development, nonresident scholar at Rice University’s Baker Institute, nonresident fellow at the Payne Institute at the Colorado School of Mines, former U.S.Learn More
- PageMission & VisionOur Vision No person’s potential is wasted because the power where they live and work is too costly or too unreliable. All countries achieve the high-energy future they need to become prosperous, competitive, and climate resilient. Evidence and data drive energy decisions over ideology. Our Mission Promote energy goals, policies, and metrics aligned with countries’ own development ambitions. Advance data-driven solutions by translating research into practical ideas and insights for policymakers. Read the Hub’s FAQsLearn More
- PagePodcastsHow to End Energy Poverty with Good Clean Energy podcast, February 2023 Rose Mutiso joins the show to discuss the connection between access to affordable electricity and poverty and details a path forward for energy-poor countries in Africa.Learn More
- PageVideosIn the race to net zero, every country and every locality is going to require a different set of solutions based on available resources, financing, economy, and political will.Learn More