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Source: Solar Energy Industries Association
This report assesses changes in the European Commission energy labeling scheme through focus groups and reporting. The authors predict what effects the changes might have and suggest how to improve awareness and comprehension of the changes.
Source: Navigant Consulting, Collaborative Labeling and Appliance Standards Program
Date: May 2013
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
This recorded webinar explores the energy access situation in Haiti and efforts underway to increase access there.
Source: Clean Energy Solutions Center, United Nations Foundation’s Energy Access Practitioner Network
Date: January 2014
This briefing on investing in SE4All outlines the potential for large returns with resourceful investing and helpful policies. The market, barriers and challenges, investors and instruments, business models, the role of governments and donors, and next steps are the focal points covered.
Source: International Institute for Environment and Development
Date: May 2013
This report offers best practices for overcoming several of the more common barriers to renewables deployment. Though they are not all-inclusive, the case studies illustrate situations that are prevalent around the world. Through their analysis, the authors offer keys to deployment.
Source: International Energy Agency-Renewable Energy Technology Deployment
Date: July 2013
The Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), in collaboration with the Advisory Services of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), carried out a comprehensive training program on renewable energy for World Bank Group staff in 2012.
Source: Energy Sector Management Assistance Program, The World Bank, International Finance Corporation
Date: June 2012
This report, as the 12th of its kind, gives a comprehensive overview of the state of renewable energy deployment throughout the European Commission. Technological advancements, deployment numbers, and socioeconomic factors are discussed within the context of each renewable energy technology.
Source: EurObserv'ER
Date: February 2013
This webinar—one in a series webinars on the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century’s flagship report, Renewables Global Status Report, examined China to learn what changes happened in the region in 2013, learn which
Source: Clean Energy Solutions Center, Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21)
Date: June 2014
This webinar—one in a series of webinars on the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century’s flagship report, Renewables Global Status Report— examined South East Asia to learn what changes happened in the region in 2013
Source: Clean Energy Solutions Center, Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21)
Date: July 2014