This webpage provides an introduction to smart grids, an overview of recent progress and recommendations for governments and utilities.
This guide by the Covenant of Mayors of Sub-Saharan Africa shows that urban planning tends to be gender blind, with the design of urban street lighting as a key example. It provides a manual, aimed at African cities, on how to develop gender-responsive public lighting projects. English: https://comssa.org/download/rxeWs6zcOXbTl8qRidGZ9nCB7EFAI4Pa/Gender-sensitive-public-lighting.pdf French: https://comssa.org/download/U3kjdTBHqV6FGKfoI71EgLY2wZrSvtz8/Eclairage-public-sensible-au-genre.pdf
This article describes the context, the potential and the business case for using solid municipal waste to generate energy in the city of Cochabamba in Bolivia.
This paper presents the results of a techno-economic study of a potential waste-to-energy plant in Kampala, Uganda, including modeling to project energy generation potential and the payback period for the initial investment.