New awards have been announced for renewable energy programs and enterprises that will help vulnerable small island developing states transition to sustainable sources of power. The awards have been launched by Ashden, as a new series of the Ashden Awards, and are being supported by ESMAP and the SIDS DOCK partnership.

The Vietnam Low Carbon Development Forum was an opportunity to strengthen consensus around Vietnam's low carbon development options.

As one of the largest concentrated solar power (CSP) installations in the world, international efforts to scale up CSP in the Middle East and North Africa region are entering a new stage.

This issue highlights ESMAP's Geothermal Handbook, technical assistance to Vietnam, and partnership with Small Island Developing States.

This issue highlights ESMAP's energy efficiency work at the city level in Brazil; recent studies in oil price volatility in Latin America; and energy access efforts in Africa.

Pacific island states can be hit hard when oil prices spike. Methods being tested in Latin America to manage oil price volatility can help.

The city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, has partnered with the World Bank to become the first city in Latin America to implement TRACE – the Tool for Rapid Assessment of City Energy.

Exchange among client countries took place at WFER on regulation in developing markets, and sponsored the participation of officials from Brazil, Guatemala and South Africa, as well as from the African Forum for Utility Regulators.

This issue highlights ESMAP's support to Sustainable Energy for All; its new modelling tool and initiative; CSP awareness; and energy efficiency product markets.

A tour of new concentrated solar power facilities gave global energy experts a glimpse of the future.

Attendees at the ESMAP-organized practitioners’ workshop agreed that the public sector can serve as a strategic market for energy efficient goods and services.

The Model for Electricity Technology Assessment (META) compares the levelized costs for a wide range of electricity supply options, including renewable energy.

Countries around the world are working to meet one of the greatest contemporary development challenges:  delivery of modern energy services to the urban poor.