This slide deck, part of an online course, gives a brief but thorough overview of business models for off-grid solar energy, looking in particular at pay-as-you-go models, and presents insights into the investment landscape for off-grid solar companies.
This report by the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System investigates the main barriers to the scaling up of blended finance for climate action in the Global South, and provides recommendations for how to address these.
This market assessment describes the off-grid energy market in Cameroon.
This market assessment describes the off-grid energy market in Côte d’Ivoire.
This market assessment describes the off-grid energy market in Uganda.
This report investigates efforts to enhance investment in energy efficienct appliances in Zambia, and provides recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of these efforts
This report presents the experiences of competitive processes for the incorporation of non-conventional renewable energies in LAC, especially solar PV and wind energy. It provides an analysis of the strategies and structures that have been used, the legal frameworks that enabled them and a database of outcomes.
This paper shares lessons for donors, policymakers in beneficiary governments, and financial institutions on whether and how best to deploy blended finance in the clean energy sector.
This report outlines how modern battery energy storage systems can be effectively deployed and alleviate the variability of renewables. It also includes a Power Purchase Agreement template that can serve as a practical tool to bring private sector investments in the power sector.
This report identifies and analyses key risks and barriers to private-sector investment in interconnected mini-grids in Nigeria, and evaluates policy and financial instruments designed to address them.