This report provides an overview of energy storage developments in emerging markets along with details on the services ESSs provide at the utility-scale, in buildings, and in remote power systems.
ESMAP informed $6.1 billion in World Bank lending and leveraged more than $560 million from other financiers. 23.3 million people in Africa are now meeting their basic electricity needs through Lighting Africa. Key knowledge products…
The objectives of the study are to improve the quality and availability of information on Tanzania’s small hydropower resources and to contribute to a detailed comprehensive assessment and to a geospatial planning framework of small-…
This paper takes stock of the empirical and conceptual literature on the financial viability and cost recovery of the power sector in developing countries.
This report represents part of a study "Energy Efficiency Transformation in Astana and Almaty", which was financed by the World Bank's Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) - a multi-donor technical assistance trust fund…
This note provides guidance on how to approach and assess energy subsidies, quantifying them where possible. it suggests a definition of subsidies and describes options for categorizing and measuring subsidies. it also outlines policy…