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 report highlights the importance of sector coupling as a key source of flexibility that cities can explore to stabilise power grid operations when integrating high shares of variable renewable energy sources. It presents a range of sector coupling opportunities available for use in cities, including self-consumption of variable RE sources, the role of thermal […]
This web page provides an overview of the energy sector of Zambia, including data on the energy mix, energy use and emissions; and a policy overview.
This energy profile provides recent data on the energy sector of Zambia, including generation mix,total generation, renewable energy potential and more.
This brief provides a high-level overview of the status of Zambia’s off-grid solar markets, as well as relevant policies and programs.
This website contains a range of learning resources on Integrated Resource Planning (a methodology for least-cost planning by public utilities), including load forecasting, tariff policies, amd demand side management. It also includes exercises and case studies.
This report considers the challenges faced by developers implementing renewable energy projects in the SADC region, analyzes existing prefeasibility or early-stage project preparation funds in the region and globally to assess if they effectively support project developers, and provides recommendations on how to improve and scale up these facilities.
Climate mitigation finance strategy to promote higher-efficiency distribution transformers in Zambia
This report investigates efforts to enhance investment in efficient distribution transformers in Zambia, and provides recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of these efforts
This report discusses potential social and environmental risks associated with the roll-out of the GETFiT renewable energy investment programme in Zambia, as well as mitigation measures.
This note aims to provide a high-level analysis of the preconditions for stimulating green investments with a focus on financial sector supervisory framework needed to address climate risks (physical and transition), current landscape of green finance in Zambia, and the demand-side opportunities for green investments in key sectors.