More: Renewable Energy
AfDB’s Facility for Energy Inclusion attracts $160m in commitments for small-scale renewables
The African Development Bank, the European Commission, KfW, the Clean
Technology Fund, Norfund, and other investors have committed nearly $160
million to the first close of...
Can renewables give climate-displaced women in Bangladesh a new beginning?
It is nightfall in the village of Char Baghutia in Manikganj
district in central Bangladesh. Twenty-seven-year-old Miriam is hunched over a
rickety old sewing machine, under...
Financing the Global Energy Transformation: Green Bonds
Despite the positive renewable energy investment
trends over the past decade, annual investments in renewable energy power alone
need to double until 2050 to meet climate...
Turkey Benefits from More World Bank Support to Renewable Energy
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors
today approved additional financing of EUR 289.5 million ($ 325 million
equivalent) to the Turkish Electricity Transmission Company (TEİAŞ)...
Germany’s ambitious efforts to advance its clean energy transition
The International Energy Agency released its latest in-depth review of German energy
policies today, welcoming the country’s bold
approach to its clean energy transition.
Since the...
Off-Grid Solar Industry Grows Into a $1.75 Billion Annual Market
The
off-grid solar industry has grown into a $1.75 billion annual market, providing
lighting and other energy services to 420 million users and remains on a...
New Strategy to Help Vietnam Scale Up and Better Utilize Solar Power
A
report based on two years of World Bank support to the Government of Vietnam
recommends new approaches to bidding and deployment for solar projects that
will...
Oil-Rich Azerbaijan Takes Lead in Green Economy
Now that
the heat and dust of Azerbaijan’s parliamentary election on February 9thhas
settled, a new generation of administrators are focusing on accelerating the
pace of reforms...
IRENA and UN-Habitat Join Efforts to Accelerate Global Energy Transition in Cities
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) signed a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) today with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme
(UN-Habitat), to cooperate on sustainable energy...
Public and Private Sectors Unite on Need for More Renewables
Current energy systems are falling short of supporting the transition to
a renewables-based system, participants of the third Public-Private Dialogue,
organised by IRENA’s Coalition for Action,...