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 paper underscores the need for sustainable utilities to deliver the energy transition in lower- and middle-income countries, and provides recommendations to governments and other stakeholders.
This report highlights the economic, social and environmental benefits that energy and transport sector-coupling and a transition towards EV- and RE-based, efficient systems can create in small island settings, and provides tools for the planning of such a transition.
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 study quantifies the potential of producing biogas based on organic waste in two municipalities in Bolivia.
This report presents the results of a survey undertaken to investigate the current status of gender equality in the biogas sector, and compares these with a baseline survey conducted in 2012.
This study assesses the landscape of standards for renewable energy technologies and identifies gaps, with a focus on international standardisation.
This brief explains the potential of energy performance standards and appliance labels to advance energy efficiency in the Global South.
This is a guide to the development of energy efficiency labelling schemes for equipment and appliances, based on lessons learned in more than 120 countires.
This document provides recommendations to guide relevant stakeholders in the development and implementation of a quality assurance (QA) framework for stand-alone solar (SAS) products in Ethiopia.