This paper provides a global overview of past market experience, existing applications and results of policies and programs for renewable energy.
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Source: Annual Review of Energy and the Environment
Date: January 2002
This report provides information about the current use of electricity in rural areas and analyzes opportunities and challenges to rural electrification in developing countries as well as providing policy recommendations.
Source: Alliance for Rural Electrification
This document includes four technical research reports and one policy research report: Study on Wind Power Development; Study on Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Development; Study on Solar Thermal Application and Development; Study on Small Hydro Power Development; Study on the Incentive Policies and Ex
Source: Chinese Energy Research Institute, National Development and Reform Commission, The World Bank
Date: June 2005
Development of First Cost Reduction Strategies for Renewable Energy Products and Services in Namibia
This report examines strategies to reduce the cost of renewable energy in Namibia, with a particular focus on solar technology.
Source: Namibia Ministry of Mines and Energy, SK Holdings
Date: April 2006
This study underscores how improved access to rural energy services can create multiple benefits for rural life, from income and labor productivity to education and women's health.
Source: World Bank
Date: March 2010
This calculator accounts for capital costs, operations and maintenance, performance, and fuel costs to estimate the levelized cost of energy, expressed in cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh), for both utility-scale and distributed generation renewable energy technologies.
Source: United States National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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 paper offers lessons learned from the 16 regional and utility-specific, distributed solar generation studies summarized in A Review of Solar PV Benefit and Cost Studies, a July 2013 report by the Rocky Mountain Institute.
Source: Interstate Renewable Energy Council, Inc., Rábago Energy LLC.
Date: March 2014
This aim of this book is to develop specific proposals for greening China’s financial system based on an analysis of current practice in China and an exchange of experience with international experts.
Source: International Institute for Sustainable Development
Date: September 2015
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