Mexico has set ambitious goals for increasing the share of wind and solar in its energy mix. This is accompanied by a growing need for flexible resources to mitigate the variability of wind and solar generation. Pumped storage hydropower…
September 2 2015
Issue| September - October 2015
Almost 85% of households in rural Myanmar have no electricity connection, creating hardship, perpetuating poverty, and stalling development.
Often as part of a broader market oriented reform program, governments have resorted to PSP in transmission and distribution (T&D) for a variety of reasons, including to (i) offset years of under investment and poor operating…
After years of struggle, Kenya's national utility has found a way to bring electricity to the country's poorest neighborhoods. Using a community-based approach, Kenya Power has gone from 5,000 households connected under its informal…
Kenya Power has expanded electricity in slum areas from 5,000 households to over 150,000 in just one year, through a community-based approach supported by the World Bank and ESMAP.
With among the largest installed power capacities in the world but with rapidly growing energy needs, India has embarked on an ambitious program to vastly expand wind and solar electricity generation. Brazil has for decades operated a…
