This very recent IEA report explains the need to invest more in grid infrastructure. Read the Executive Summary on pages 7-10 for a brief overview of challenges related to quickly rising demand for transformers and cables, which have led to increased waiting times and higher prices.
This research paper gives an overview of the technical challenges for both ports and shipping companies associated with the electrification of shipping, and explains how electric ships could work.
This report dispels myths about geopolitical issues around the need for critical materials for the energy transition, and concerns about dependency.
This report by the Alliance for Rural Electrification explores the role of women in advancing electrification and socio-economic development in rural communities and gives examples of ways to integrate gender equality throughout the off-grid energy supply chain.
This World Bank report by the Energy Storage Partnership provides advice on enabling policy and regulatory environments to attract investment in grid-scale energy storage projects in developing countries.
This journal article provides a comparison between different renewable energy technologies in terms of efficiency, pricing and environmental impacts.
Wind farms tend to be large projects built in relatively remote areas, and in the past, they have often generated more disturbance than benefits for local communities. This World Bank report discusses models that allow host communities of wind energy projects to benefit more from those projects.
REN21’s annual flagship publication is the Renewables Global Status Report, a collaborative effort among hundreds of experts that provides an update on the status of and trends in the expansion of renewable energy worldwide.
This report assesses the effectiveness of women in energy networks worldwide and offers best practices and recommendations for networks under development or those aiming to enhance their impact.
This report provides recommendations for improving the availability of sex-disaggregated and specific gender equality data in the energy sector, to improve decision making and programme design.