In their efforts to move toward a lower-carbon power sector, developing countries are facing the need to considerably expand their transmission networks to serve the needs of renewable energy.
Rapid expansion of energy access requires both accurate assessment and tracking of progress in energy supply and use. Up until now, though, energy access has generally been measured with simple, binary metrics (“having a connection” “not…
The Global Geothermal Development Plan (GGDP) continues to mobilize and channel international concessional financing towards expanding geothermal energy in developing countries. Led by ESMAP, the GGDP focuses on initial test drilling…
ESMAP held its first regional training workshop on renewable energy for World Bank Group staff and partners in Pattaya, Thailand, on April 23-25, 2014. The event, organized with the South Asia and East Asia and the Pacific regions of the…
