The Policies and Measures databases is a collection of three databases that provide information on policies and measures taken or planned to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency and support renewable energy development and deployment.
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This website provides 16 presentations from a workshop held in Beijing, 7-8 December 2010, as well as a workshop summary. Experts shared the methodologies and results of U.S.
Source: The China Sustainable Energy Program
This report showcases a methodology to evaluate the performance of different public finance mechanisms and their suitability for replication in other applications, policy contexts, and geographies across the clean energy continuum.
Source: United Nations, SEF Alliance
Date: November 2011
This information paper complements the International Energy Agency's 2011 report, "Deploying Renewables 2011: Best and Future Policy Practice" (http://www.iea.org/w/bookshop/add.aspx?id=414), and is intended to provide more detailed inf
Source: International Energy Agency
Date: November 2011
10 Questions to Ask about Electricity Tariffs attempts to capture some of the critical dimensions of tariff determination, primarily in regulated markets.
Source: Prayas, Energy Group, World Resources Institute
Date: April 2014
This annual report aims to provide a comprehensive view of role that renewables play in employment creation and growth in the global economy.
Source: International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
Date: January 2016
This report examines the complex process of transforming power systems. It offers evidence for power system transformation by providing a collection of empirical examples of the types of innovations that are emerging worldwide.
Source: 21st Century Power Partnership
Date: May 2015
This report considers remote prosumers as roof-top solar PV customers in remote areas and islands. It describes how they are deploying renewable energy, some with ambitious plans to meet 100% of their electricity or even final energy needs with renewables.
Source: International Energy Agency Renewable Energy Technology Deployment (IEA-RETD)
Date: June 2015
The public-private roundtable summarized on this web page describes how an accelerated rate of innovation and change is placing the 20th century models of electricity delivery under pressure.
Source: Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM)
Date: May 2015
This paper describes the challenges of integrating wind and solar generation, the lessons learned and recommended strategies from both operating experience and integration studies. Case studies on the experience with wind and solar integration include China, Germany and Spain.
Source: World Bank
Date: February 2013