POLICY MATTERS: Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy (RISE) 2018
RISE 2018 charts global progress on sustainable energy policies and shows that policies matter – they are a leading indicator and building block of the world’s transition to sustainable energy. The report finds that the world has seen a huge uptake in sustainable energy policies. However, progress is still far from where it needs to be for the world to reach global climate goals and the Sustainable Development Goal on Energy (SDG7).
Mini Grids for Half a Billion People: Market Outlook and Handbook for Decision Makers
A first-of-a-kind report launched in 2019 that gives the global energy community a rundown of the state of the market for mini grids. It shows that mini grids can provide electricity to approximately half a billion people in a cost-effective way while promoting productive uses of electricity. It also outlines the five market drivers to take mini grids to scale such as, adopting a portfolio approach to mini grid deployment; increasing uptime and the average load factor; creating enabling business environments; leveraging development financing to crowd in private-sector finance; and reducing the cost of solar-hybrid mini grids.
Where Sun Meets Water: Benefits and Challenges of Floating Solar
This new ESMAP report presents an overview of floating solar technologies, market opportunities, deployment challenges, policy and regulatory considerations, costs, and project structuring. The report finds that floating solar is an attractive option for countries with high population density and competing uses for available land. Large plants are currently being installed or in China, India and Southeast Asia but over 35 countries globally have plants under development or construction. ESMAP sees potential for this technology also beyond Asia to boost performance of underperforming hydropower plants or in joint hybrid operations of hydropower and solar plants.
Electric Mobility and Development
Electric mobility is fundamentally changing the traditional interaction between technology, market dynamics, production capacity, government policy, supply chains, manufacturing, and complex political economy. Investing in technologies, modernizing power grids to accommodate more renewable energy, and putting in place the right policies are critical to scale up the uptake of eMobility. This report aims to help governments design and implement electric mobility programs that are effective at achieving their intended development aims across climate, economic, fiscal, technical, institutional, and policy dimensions.