The Gambia: World Bank to Strengthen Access to Energy and Water
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved today a $43 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA)* for The Gambia’s Electricity Restoration and Modernisation Project (GERMP). The additional financing was made available through...
ADB Approves $200 Million Loan to Modernize Power Supply, Distribution System in Nepal
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $200 million concessional loan to improve power supply and distribution systems in Nepal.
Nepal has made significant...
Second phase of the Nurek Hydropower Rehabilitation Project in Tajikistan
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved additional grant financing of $50 million from the International Development Association (IDA) for the second phase...
Urgent need to tackle impact of likely electric car battery production boom
Demand for raw materials used in the production of electric car batteries is set to soar, prompting the UN trade body, UNCTAD, to call...
The EU has opportunity to accelerate shift to cleaner and more resilient energy future
The European Union is strengthening its efforts to make its energy systems cleaner and more resilient, reinforcing its global leadership in reducing greenhouse gas...
IRENA Outlines Agenda to Put Energy Transformation at Heart of Sustainable Economic Recovery
Governments can align immediate economic stimulus needs with medium to long-term decarbonisation and sustainable development objectives by targeting policy measures and public spending towards...
Iceland, a world leader in clean energy, supports Africa’s push for geothermal power
At the beginning of the 20th century, Iceland was one of Europe's poorest countries, its people relying on a precarious and polluting mix of...
10 key recommendations to rapidly boost energy efficiency progress worldwide
Higher ambition and faster action by governments to accelerate improvements in energy efficiency worldwide are both vital and achievable, according to 10 key recommendations...
Electricity transmission companies are learning to ‘perform and transform’ in move to low carbon future
Electricity transmission companies are deploying various innovative ‘perform and transform’ strategies as part of the energy sector’s transition to a low carbon future, according...
Infrastructure fund Africa50 helps Egypt’s solar power sector take off
A 37-square-kilometer solar park so large that it can be seen from space, with over seven million photovoltaic panels, and funding of $4 billion....