Energy supply in Western Balkan countries is heavily dependent on imported fossil fuels, costing over $4.1 billion in 2012. With demand for energy in the six countries of the Western Balkans expected to increase by as much as 70 percent in…
Beijing and Xi’an, China, June 27, 2014 – China has successfully decoupled energy consumption and emissions from economic growth. From 1980 to 2010, while China’s economy increased 18-fold, energy consumption increased only 5-…
The key findings and results of the project’s first phase, as summarized in this report, were presented in June 2013 at a regional workshop in Vienna at which stakeholder delegations from all six Western Balkan countries were represented…
June 30 2014
Issue | July - August 2014
Mexico kicks off a nationwide urban energy efficiency program building on ESMAP pilots; bringing electricity to urban poor communities in Kenya; learning from Chinaâs energy efficiency experience; emerging economies discuss opening up…
This Business Plan sets out ESMAP’s objectives, priorities, strategies, and resource requirements for FY2014‐16 (i.e., July 2013 to June 2016). It draws on experience gained in implementing the previous Business Plan (ESMAP Strategic…
This report highlights some of the most important challenges for small-scale hydropower development in Vietnam, based on case studies of six river basins in northern Vietnam. It is the result of collaboration between the World Bank and the…
