Geothermal direct use (GDU) is the use of geothermal resources to create valuable commodities from heat, minerals, and gases. The term GDU arises because commercial development of geothermal resources...
Some 4 billion people still cook with traditional polluting fuels and technologies. The adverse development impacts from households continued use of polluting stove-and-fuel combinations are significant...
Approximately 1.2 billion people will need to gain access to electricity to achieve universal access by 2030. The only way to achieve this is through a combination of the main grid extension, mini grids...
Approximately 1.2 billion people will need to gain access to electricity to achieve universal access by 2030. The only way to achieve this is through a combination of the main grid extension, mini grids...
One of the key concerns raised by the developers of mini grids is "what will become of my mini grid when the main grid arrives?" This report presents detailed case studies of what happened to isolated...
Getting to Gender Equality in Electricity Infrastructure: Lessons from Electricity Generation, Transmission, and Distribution Projects examines the social and gender footprint of large-scale electricity...
This document aims at evaluating the main challenges of Argentina’s health system and at providing policy options to overcome these challenges and progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC). UHC...
Energy efficiency is a cost-effective solution to meet energy, climate change, and sustainabledevelopment goals and critical for supporting access to affordable, reliable, and sustainableenergy services...
Development of Bhutan’s untapped hydro power resources has the potential to spur economic growth, rapidly increase export revenue,reduce poverty, and bring about sustained improvements in human development...
The manual begins with a description of the concept and aims of the shield wire scheme (SWS). The scheme is applicable for minimum cost power supply from the grid to villages, small towns, farms, factories...
Geothermal is a renewable source energy that can be used directly for heating or for power production. Geothermal utilization, particularly power production, may result in some greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...
La Presidenta Michelle Bachelet asumió la jefatura de estado en 2006 con dos grandes promesas: el Gobierno Ciudadano y la Reforma Previsional. Mientras la primera apuntaba a desarrollar un estilo de gobierno...
Results-based approaches (RBA) are becoming increasingly important, in both developed and developing countries. Within the energy sector, there are already several large-scale results-based schemes that...
This primer is concerned with energy use and efficiency of network-based water supply and wastewater treatment in urban areas. It focuses on the supply side of the municipal water cycle, including the...
This report identifies the circumstances when results-based financing (RBF) approaches might be an appropriate energy sector intervention in developing countries, especially to promote energy access and...
This report assesses global experiences with Energy Efficient Purchasing (EEP) as a tool to help governments improve the efficiency of their facilities and public services. In many developed countries...
Developing countries face multiple and complex challenges in securing affordable and reliable energy supplies to support sustainable economic development. These challenges can be addressed by increased...
Developing countries face multiple and complex challenges in securing affordable and reliable energy supplies to support sustainable economic development. These challenges can be addressed by increased...
Developing countries face multiple and complex challenges in securing affordable and reliable energy supplies to support sustainable economic development. These challenges can be addressed by increased...
This primer is concerned with energy use and efficiency of network-based water supply and wastewater treatment in urban areas. It focuses on the supply side of the municipal water cycle, including the...