Riley Macdonald

Associate Clean Energy Access | Washington, DC

Riley is an Associate on the Clean Energy Access team where she works on the VeraSol program, supporting quality assurance activities for both solar energy kits and off-grid appropriate appliances. She joins CLASP after working for the German American Chamber of Commerce in Leipzig, Germany. Riley holds a bachelor's degree in Global Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, traveling, and practicing her Portuguese.

Updates

22 September 2020

Sierra Leone’s Off-Grid Appliance Market, While Nascent, Shows Promising Potential

Sierra Leone has one of the lowest electrification rates of any country in Africa. As of 2018, only 26% of the population is connected to the grid; in rural areas, grid connections are as low as 6%. I

14 May 2020

Efficiency for Access Shares New Data & Guidance for Improving Solar Water Pump Durability

Situated at the heart of the water-food-energy nexus, solar water pumps play a critical role in improving the incomes and resilience of farming households, while delivering benefits for the climate an

08 June 2020

Efficiency for Access Shares Market Insights on India’s Off-Grid and Weak-Grid Solar Appliance Market

India’s electric grid is expanding rapidly in rural areas, but grid reliability remains a challenge – only 22% of the rural population has access to reliable service. Distributed energy solutions such

Publications

07 January 2020

Practical Guidelines for Shipping Off-Grid Appliances

Many manufacturers and distributors face challenges bringing their products into new markets due to limited knowledge of the logistics requirements for distributing off-grid appliances. A complete und

12 February 2020

Quality Assurance for Off-Grid TVs and Fans: Lessons Learned and Paths Forward

Inconsistencies in performance reporting and a lack of reliable data make it difficult for buyers to identify high-performing products such as TVs and fans. Coupling this with the fact that appliances