In recent years, different approaches to providing aid have emerged. The sector-wide approach (SWAp) is a country-led, results-focused framework that brings together development partners and other stakeholders to coordinate aid within a…
In their efforts to move toward a lower-carbon power sector, developing countries are facing the need to considerably expand their transmission networks to serve the needs of renewable energy.
Lighting Africa has released a video demonstrating how low-income households and small businesses in rural Kenya have switched from kerosene lamps to portable solar lanterns.
Rising energy prices, climate change and the increased role of water resources for economic growth and poverty alleviation have led to a renewed focus on the role of hydropower
Complementing its Renewable Energy Project Resource Center, ESMAP has launched an Energy Efficiency Project Resource Center (EEPRC) in cooperation with the open wiki-platform Energypedia. The EE Project Resource Center offers a repository…
ESMAP held its first regional training workshop on renewable energy for World Bank Group staff and partners in Pattaya, Thailand, on April 23-25, 2014. The event, organized with the South Asia and East Asia and the Pacific regions of the…
