Scholars@Duke

• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Adaptation Value Chains awarded by Shell Foundation 2022 - 2023
  • Low-carbon Development in LMICs awarded by William and Flora Hewlett Foundation 2021 - 2022
  • Catalyzing Climate Finance for Enterprises in the Energy-Agriculture Sector awarded by Shell Foundation 2021
  • Future Grid Africa awarded by Albright Stonebridge Group 2019
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Reports

    • McNamara, Marie, Victoria Plutshack, Jonathan Phillips, and Nicole Poindexter. “Can Time-of-Use Tariffs Increase the Financial Viability of Mini-Grids?” Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability, October 26, 2022.
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    • Phillips, Jonathan, Jackson Ewing, Abhay Rao, Liilnna Teji, Victoria Plutshack, and Marc Jeuland. “Climate Finance for Just Transitions: Building Low-Carbon Development Pathways in an Age of US-China Rivalry.” Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability, September 14, 2022.
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    • Ingram, Matthew, Jonathan Phillips, Hizkyas Dufera, Liuel Hizikias, Marc Jeuland, and James Lovedale. “Improving Rural Livelihoods, Energy Access, and Resilience Where It’s Needed Most: The Case for Solar Mini-Grid Irrigation in Ethiopia.” Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, July 18, 2022.
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    • Phillips, Jonathan, Benjamin Attia, and Victoria Plutshack. “Lessons for Modernizing Energy Access Finance, Part 2—Balancing Competition and Subsidy: Assessing Mini-Grid Incentive Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, December 15, 2020.
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    • Phillips, Jonathan, Victoria Plutshack, and Seth Yeazel. “Lessons for Modernizing Energy Access Finance, Part 1: What the Electrification Experiences of Seven Countries Tell Us about the Future of Connection Costs, Subsidies, and Integrated Planning.” Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, May 1, 2020.
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    • Plutshack, Victoria, and Jonathan Phillips. “Profits and Productivity: Stimulating Electricity Demand in Low-Income Settings.” Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, June 3, 2019.
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    • Jeuland, Marc, James Morrissey, and Jonathan Phillips. “Research Agenda on Electricity Access and Productive Use.” Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, April 4, 2019.
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    • Fetter, Rob, and Jonathan Phillips. “The True Cost of Solar Tariffs in East Africa.” Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, February 5, 2019.
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    • Phillips, Jonathan, Hannah Girardeau, and Harry Masters. “Can a Modernized U.S. Development Finance Institution Help Close the Energy Financing Gap?” Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, June 5, 2018.
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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • ENERGY 790K: Special Topics in Energy 2023
  • ENERGY 396: Connections in Energy: Interdisciplinary Team Projects 2021
  • ENERGY 790-1: Special Topics in Energy 2021
  • ENERGY 796: Connections in Energy: Interdisciplinary Team Projects 2021
• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

  • Bass Connections Team Leader. Strategies for Energy, Water and Agriculture in Rural Ethiopia. 2020 - 2021  2020 - 2021

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