A key solution to addressing lack of access to adequate and reliable energy, a major impediment to Madagascarâs economic and social development, is to help the country diversify its energy mix. In addition to solar and wind power,…
ESMAP is supporting World Bank investments to improve access to basic services by strengthening policies and building institutions in Nigerâs electricity sector.
Over the past decade, ESMAP has provided support to establish Liberiaâs Rural and Renewable Energy Agency and to help the country expand the use of local renewable sources of energy to increase energy access.
Innovations and declining costs have made mini grids a viable option to boost economic activity in areas that would otherwise be waiting years for grid connection.
Seeking global insights to help solve Kenya's energy challenge, Kenyaâs Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, together with the World Bank, organized a National Electrification Workshop in September 2014. The workshop was supported by ESMAP…
A major new ESMAP-managed partnership between the World Bank Group and the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves will work to spur a transition to clean cooking for 100 million households.
