ESMAP supported a study tour for Chilean government officials and indigenous communities to visit Nicaragua to learn about the country’s experience with geothermal development. To add to this, an ESMAP-funded study helped…
Harnessing the full potential of renewable sources requires addressing different policy, regulatory, and technical planning aspects which currently inhibit the expansion of the transmission system.
At the just concluded World Bank/IMF annual meetings, the World Bank hailed several development partners for their support to IDA's energy program. It said, “The Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) has helped IDA countries…
The global Sustainable Energy for All initiative calls for concerted action to achieve universal energy access, a doubling of the share of world energy supplied by renewable sources, and a doubling in the rate of improvement in energy…
Over 250 World Bank Group staff and selected participants from World Bank partners have now taken part in a comprehensive renewable energy training program developed by ESMAP, in partnership with the IFC. Modules have been conducted…
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.
