Mexico has set ambitious goals for increasing the share of wind and solar in its energy mix. This is accompanied by a growing need for flexible resources to mitigate the variability of wind and solar generation. Pumped storage hydropower…
Kenya Power has expanded electricity in slum areas from 5,000 households to over 150,000 in just one year, through a community-based approach supported by the World Bank and ESMAP.
After years of struggle, Kenya's national utility has found a way to bring electricity to the country's poorest neighborhoods. Using a community-based approach, Kenya Power has gone from 5,000 households connected under its informal…
A delegation of senior Indian power sector officials recently visited Brazil on a joint ASTAE/ESMAP-supported study tour to learn from the Brazilian experience of scaling up renewable energy in the power system.
With among the largest installed power capacities in the world but with rapidly growing energy needs, India has embarked on an ambitious program to vastly expand wind and solar electricity generation. Brazil has for decades operated a…
A large share of the electricity and transportation in small island states continues to be fueled by imported petroleum products while energy infrastructure tends to be small and isolated. Representatives from 13 of these small island…
