The main purpose of this study is to determine the market potential for photovoltaic (PV) systems in remote areas of China, especially in villages without access to grid electricity.
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Source: World Bank
Date: December 2000
This study offers one of the first perspectives on the job-creation role of rural energy access. The authors find that there is significant potential for job creation due to rural energy access initiatives, especially small-scale renewables.
Source: International Renewable Energy Agency
Date: June 2012
This report assesses—at the micro level for the whole region—the distributional impact of raising energy tariffs to cost recovery levels and to simulate policy options to cushion these impacts.
Source: World Bank
Date: June 2013
This report—which is based on a country-by-country assessment of supply, demand, renewable energy potential and technology prospects—recommends 14 actions to accelerate the Africa’s renewable energy uptake in Africa.
Source: International Renewable Energy Agency
Date: January 2015
This report focuses on the role that national policy makers will play in this transformation of power grids towards heavy reliance on renewable energy sources.
Source: International Renewable Energy Agency
Date: January 2015
This report describes how subsidized electricity has incentivized groundwater extraction in Haryana, India. The authors identify agricultural subsidies in general and then quantify the major irrigation, fertilizer and agricultural electricity subsidies.
Source: International Institute for Sustainable Development
Date: October 2015
This paper explores the impending arrival of the solar-plus-battery as a fundamentally different "utility in a box." The report details scenarios in the U.S.
Source: Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)
Date: February 2014
This recorded webinar examines the Readiness for Investment in Sustainable Energy (RISE) project, which provides indicators for assessing the legal and regulatory landscape for investment in sustainable energy.
Source: World Bank Group, Clean Energy Solutions Center
Date: June 2015
This report describes the energy context for Djibouti, which faces several critical challenges associated with energy generation, distribution and use. It explores enabling environments for renewables, details the opportunities to develop the renewables sector and recommends further action.
Source: International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
Date: May 2015
This report describes how the overall clean energy deployment picture is evolving, and it examines whether current policy is effectively driving efforts to achieve a more sustainable and secure global energy system.
Source: International Energy Agency (IEA)
Date: May 2015