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  • Investment in renewable energy worldwide rose to about $250 billion in 2010, up from $160 billion in 2009, to reach about 20% of new investment in the energy space.
  • How should they be tailored to fit different conditions? How can policy-makers make energy markets respond to deliver clean energy at affordable prices?
  • These were some of the questions addressed at a recent World Bank workshop that produced guidance to policymakers, now captured online for a wider audience.
What Policies Work Best to Deploy Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency?
February 15 2012

What policy incentives for renewable energy and energy efficiency work best? How should they be tailored to fit different conditions? How can policy-makers make energy markets respond to deliver clean energy at affordable prices? These were some of the questions addressed at a recent World Bank workshop supported by ESMAP that was designed to produce specific guidance to policymakers.  Read full article.

A full list of presentations from the workshop, “How to Choose Appropriate Incentives to Deploy Renewable Energy and Increase Energy Efficiency,” can be found here.