ESMAP Monthly E-Bulletin August 2011

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ESMAP Monthly E-Bulletin August 2011

ESMAP Monthly E - Bulletin August 2011 Issue

This issue contains activities carried out in July 2011.

-- New Report Offers Policy Options for Power Sector Market Structures
-- Regulatory and Financial Incentives for Scaling Up Concentrated Solar Power in Developing Countries
-- Power and People: The Benefits of Renewable Energy in Nepal - A World Bank/ESMAP Study
-- Improved Cookstoves to Conserve Biomass Resources
-- Two Decades of World Bank Experience Produces Eight Lessons on Household Energy

New Report Offers Policy Options for Power Sector Market Structures
A newly-released report offers policy options for power sector market structures. Revisiting Policy Options on the Market Structure in the Power Sector explores the links between alternative market structures and performance in terms of access, price, and quality, as well as technical and financial performance. The report captures lessons learned from the taxonomy of different market structures. Learn more.

Regulatory and Financial Incentives for Scaling Up Concentrating Solar Power in Developing Countries
A recent ESMAP-funded study analyzes the experience of countries that have deployed concentrated solar thermal as an alternative to conventional thermal power generation. The report draws lessons from the efforts of some developed countries and adapts them to the characteristics of developing economies, and assesses the cost reduction potential and economic and financial affordability of various technologies in emerging markets. Learn more.

Power and People: The Benefits of Renewable Energy in Nepal - A World Bank/ESMAP Study
With over 60 percent of Nepalese households living in darkness, the benefits of rural electrification in Nepal could be immense, according to a new study. The report recommends several actionable steps to close Nepal’s energy demand-supply gap, such as creating an enabling environment for deploying renewable energy, and increased investments in the energy sector to make electricity affordable to most Nepalese. Learn more .

Improved Cookstoves to Conserve Biomass Resources
The Biomass Energy Initiative for Africa (BEIA) has launched a new project in South Africa to create a market for efficient biomass stoves in order to reduce reliance on forests for traditional biomass. BEIA is administered by the World Bank's Africa Energy Unit (AFTEG), under ESMAP, and the Africa Renewable Energy Access (AFREA) Trust Fund, which is supported by the Government of the Netherlands. Learn more.

Two Decades of World Bank Experience Produce Eight Lessons on Household Energy
Cookstoves are finally getting serious attention. A recent study by World Bank household energy experts, co-funded by ESMAP, draws on the experience of 19 projects supported by the Bank since 1989, and confirms that the approach being taken by the multi-stakeholder Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves is promising. The study provides eight lessons for cookstove programs, including the need for both market-based and public support, and the finding that consumer fuel subsidies do not help poor people. Learn more.

The Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) is a global knowledge and technical assistance partnership administered by the World Bank and sponsored by official bilateral donors, representing Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom and multilateral institutions.

ESMAP's mission is to assist clients—-low and middle income countries—-to increase know-how and institutional capacity to achieve environmentally sustainable energy solutions for poverty reduction and economic growth.

For more information about the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program, please visit www.esmap.org.

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