This guide is intended to present, in a practical and comprehensive manner, basic smart city concepts and principles, as well as the elements necessary for the formation of smart cities.
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Source: Inter-American Development Bank
Date: July 2016
The International Energy Agency's (IEA) Africa Energy Outlook—a Special Report in the 2014 World Energy Outlook series—offers a comprehensive analytical study of energy in Africa, specifically in sub-Saharan Africa, the epicenter of the global challenge to overcome energy poverty.
Source: International Energy Agency
Date: January 2014
The International Geothermal Association (IGA), founded in 1988, is a scientific, educational and cultural organization. As of 2016, the IGA has more than 5,000 members in over 65 countries.
Source: International Geothermal Association
The key challenges facing Africa’s power sector are inadequate generation capacity, limited electrification, low power consumption, unreliable services, high costs, and a financing gap of approximately $23 billion a year, according to the authors of this policy brief.
Source: African Development Bank Group
Date: January 2010
TRANSrisk conducted 15 case studies that explore the transition to low-carbon economies, including 14 country-level case studies and one at the global and regional level.
Source: Transitions Pathways and Risk Analysis for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaption Strategies (TRANSrisk)
Date: November 2016
The rapid growth of electric vehicle (EV) charging in the next decade will challenge traditional paradigms of regulation and policy in the electricity sector, according to the authors of this report.
Source: Electricity Innovation Lab Rocky Mountain Institute
This statistical report is designed to help readers understand what drives final energy use in IEA member countries in order to improve and track national energy efficiency policies.
Source: International Energy Agency
This report discusses the energy sector in Nigeria and recommends five actions for harnessing the country's renewable energy potential: providing incentives for renewable energy uptake, ensuring sufficient and affordable capital financing, improving public understanding of renewable energy, cult
Source: Renewable Energy Potential in Nigeria: Low-carbon Approaches to Tackling Nigeria’s Energy Poverty
Date: December 2012
This study outlines the development of and current energy and electricity situation in Cuba.
Source: International Atomic Energy Agency
Date: January 2008
This publication examines many aspects of renewable energy in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Many authors contributed to these in-depth examinations from many different viewpoints.
Source: ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), Canary Island Institute of Technology, Casa Africa
Date: January 2012