Fossil fuel subsidies are bad economic policy, bad social policy and bad for the environment. Yet, many countries have some type of fossil fuel subsidy.
Clean cooking and solar power were on the agenda 25 years ago but acquired little traction for a variety of reasons, notably those related to undeveloped technology, cost, and products unsuited to womenâs needsâso even when they were…
The AFREA gender and energy program has been supporting activities in six countries: Senegal, Mali, Benin, Tanzania, Kenya and Zambia. As part of this work, a Gender and Energy Capacity Building and Knowledge Exchange workshop was held in…
Djibouti
As a pilot project for the GGDP, ESMAP has agreed to provide analytical and grant support to the Djibouti Geothermal Power Generation Program. Through ESMAP’s US$1.1 million funding (3.5% of total project cost…
An ESMAP-supported World Bank heating assessment of the urban building sector in the Kyrgyz Republic analyzed the condition and performance of the countryâs urban heating infrastructure and building stock, and evaluated in detail the…
Energy has significant potential to deliver a “triple win” for many developing countries—clean, reliable, locally produced baseload power. But as of 2012, only 1.5 percent of the world’s total power generation came from geothermal sources…
