Government spending and other forms of actual support to renewable energy is a blind spot at the international level. To help address the knowledge gap, IISD developed an inventory of public financial support for renewable energy generation and integration by G20 governments. It shows that G20 governments provided over $168 billion in public financial support […]
Despite strong calls for energy subsidy reforms, governments around the world still spend billions subsidising fossil fuel consumption each year. This report investigates how reforms can be designed that work in practice, drawing on over a decade of World Bank experience supporting these processes.
This publication shares the learnings from eight EU-funded research projects on energy behaviour and modelling, and presents their implications for policy design.
This article analyses the potential for solar energy in Ecuador and the efforts of the government to promote renewable energy.
This brief provides a high-level overview of the status of Madagascar’s off-grid solar markets, as well as relevant policies and programs.
This brief provides a high-level overview of the status of Côte d’Ivoire’s off-grid solar markets, as well as relevant policies and programs.
This brief provides a high-level overview of the status of Uganda’s off-grid solar markets, as well as relevant policies and programs.
This brief provides a high-level overview of the status of Zambia’s off-grid solar markets, as well as relevant policies and programs.
A course on energy subsidies, their costs, and the design of a successful reform based on country case studies.
This web portal provides an extensive introduction into the Bolivian renewable energy sector, policy, financing and more.