The SHINE Evolution
Launched in 2017 by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll), IKEA Foundation GreenFaith, and the Wallace Global Fund, and supported by the Charles Stewart Mott and DOEN Foundations, SHINE brought together an international network of renewable energy advocates, experts and funders committed to promoting decentralized energy alternatives that would redirect investment to serving local communities, their people and the planet. Defined originally as a campaign, between 2017 and 2023, SHINE built its network, convened conferences and workshops, advocated and provided small grants to energy innovators and projects.
Our driving principle and belief is that decentralized renewable energy systems are fundamental to create a Just Energy Transition.
In 2023, the SHINE Collab was renamed to reflect a strategic emphasis on community-driven renewable just energy solutions, supported through transformative cross-sectoral partnerships. Today, it is led from the African continent, mobilizing partnerships, resources and bold advocacy in support of women-led, community-based renewable energy enterprises and organizing initiatives that enable gender just and climate just solutions, including country programs in Malawi, Zimbabwe and South Africa, building the evidence base to scale a new energy paradigm – a true just transition that enables local women, their communities and protects our climate.