What are good charities for donating to electrification and clean energy in developing countries? What are current innovations in the field?
Just one example, there is evidence that clean cooking stoves can reduce air pollution in the home and uplift status of women (who travel long distances for several hours, more exposed to dehydration and sexual violence).
Clean Air Task Force is probably the most well regarded organization doing this kind of work.
For more information on them, I really like their Giving What We Can page and a recent interview
CATF's director did a podcast interview where he went into much more detail on what CATF does. My impression is that CATF has a decades-long history of US policy advocacy, and everything else they do is part of a recent expansion, including the energy access work.
There are two orgs that recommend effective charities for climate change in general:
Founders Pledge focuses on the "triple challenge" of climate change, air pollution, and energy poverty. If you're interested in donating to address both climate change and energy poverty, I recommend giving to the FP Climate Change Fund or FP's recommended climate charities. This includes CATF, which Karthik recommended, but also other organizations like TerraPraxis and Future Cleantech Architects.
See my comment about clean cookstoves here: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/cz85mufYwiiukpowD/clean-cookstoves-may-be-competitive-with-givewell?commentId=C9j4TXromRcFbJJT7
If you are interested in clean cookstoves in particular, review the content from: https://cleancooking.org/
Nice one. Donor subsidised (slightly) cleaner cookstoves have taken over in Northern Uganda here over the last 2-3 years which is a fantastic achievement. This really convinces me that If people really like the stoves and the price is right, these can quickly reduce emissions and lung disease. Obviously still using charcoal with all associated issues, but still a nice step in the right direction.
CATF's director did a podcast interview where he went into much more detail on what CATF does. My impression is that CATF has a decades-long history of US policy advocacy, and everything else they do is part of a recent expansion, including the energy access work.