This article announces the adoption of harmonised minimum energy performance standards for air conditioners and refrigerators in the 16 member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). It also explains the process by which these harmonised standards were developed and adopted.
This article explores how the Central American Integration System (SICA) has helped lead the way to improve energy efficiency in appliances at the regional level, and the opportunities that further harmonisation could generate.
The average lifespan of a building is 50 years, so the design of buildings that are constructed now will have an effect on energy consumption in our cities until well into the 2070s. This article presents the most effective options for cities to set mandatory minimum energy performance standards for buildings, to prevent locking in […]
This guide addresses the challenges faced by rural energy enterprises in developing countries, and sets out solutions such as business models offering cooking energy as a service.
This web portal provides an extensive introduction into bioenergy technology, policy, financing and more.
This action plan, developed with support from ECREEE, lays out the bioenergy strategy of Côte d’Ivoire for 2021-2030. It includes an extensive background and context section, as well as strategic priorities and measures to promote these.
This feasibility study describes the institutional framework for waste management in Côte d’Ivoire, presents a baseline on compost and biogas value chains, and provides a feasibility assessment based on economic models.
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 brief presents a case study of a company in Guatemala that has turned bioenergy generation into a successful business model, and describes how the enabling environment conributed to its success.
This paper gives an overview of waste to energy technologies, discusses barriers to its wider adoption in developing countries, and helps researchers and decision-makers to make informed decisions on the feasibility of WtE as a pathway for sustainable waste management and renewable energy generation.