In Bangladesh, exposure to indoor air pollution from using traditional cookstoves results in nearly 107,000 deaths every year, mostly women and children. The country’s Improved Cookstoves Program is changing the lives of millions, and…
Floating solar technologies are creating major new opportunities to scale up solar energy around the world, particularly in countries with high population density and competing uses for available land.
ESMAP has supported a World Bank project to improve Pakistan’s energy security, scale up solar power capacity, and reach 200,000 low access households with solar home systems.
Solar measurement data, regional least-cost planning, and pre-feasibility analyses supported by ESMAP have laid the groundwork for a large World Bank investment in West Africa to mobilize private sector financing in solar energy.
An innovative financing mechanism designed with ESMAP’s help enables energy cost savings to be reinvested in energy efficiency and drives a World Bank project to improve energy efficiency in health sector buildings.
