India and the IEA enter new phase of closer collaboration
Less than four years after the International Energy Agency welcomed India as an Association country, IEA members and the Government of India today agreed...
More than 270,000 Sierra Leoneans to Get Better Access to Electricity
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved a $50 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA) to improve access to electricity...
Solar power charges pandemic recovery for indigenous farmers in Viet Nam
Overcoming adversity has long been the stock in trade of Do Thi Phuong, a 42-year-old mother of two living in a small village in...
IEA: take urgent action to cut methane emissions from oil and gas sector
Methane emissions from the global oil and gas industry fell by an estimated 10% in 2020 as producers slashed output in response to the...
Priorities for improving diversity and inclusion in the energy sector
Prominent energy figures from around the world took part in a virtual dialogue last month on ways to accelerate progress on diversity and inclusion...
IRENA’s World Energy Transition Day Kick-Starts Crucial Assembly Meeting
The International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) Eleventh Assembly started today (Monday) and takes place virtually setting the course for a critical year of global...
UN chief calls for ‘urgent transition’ from fossil fuels to renewable energy
Building a global coalition for carbon neutrality by mid-century will be the UN’s “central objective”, the world body’s top official told a conference on...
‘Growing momentum’ to make 2021 the global action year for sustainable energy
In a bid of optimism for the new year, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) expressed confidence that clean energy would grow in 2021.
Despite that...
Pioneering Solar Power Plant to Take off in Uzbekistan with World Bank Support
The World Bank Group, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC (Masdar), Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Uzbekistan signed today loan and...
ADB, NNS Sign Loans to Build Milestone Solar Power Project in Uzbekistan
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and “Nur Navoi Solar” Foreign Enterprise Limited Liability Company (NNS) signed loans of up to $17.5 million for a...