This webpage provides an introduction to smart grids, an overview of recent progress and recommendations for governments and utilities.
This report by the Alliance for Rural Electrification explores the role of women in advancing electrification and socio-economic development in rural communities and gives examples of ways to integrate gender equality throughout the off-grid energy supply chain.
This guidebook helps project developers and investors to prepare bankable business plans for RE projects, particularly for power generation.
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 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.
This guidebook summarizes a broad range of policy and financial instruments that governments can implement to foster the development of the interconnected mini-grid market, driven by the private sector.
This blog describes four opportunities for digitalisation to accelerate just energy transitions: smart energy management, decentralized energy systems, climate-resilient farming, and public transport.
This brief explains UNDP’s framework for inclusive digital transformation in support of the SDGs
This page explains the role of digitalisation in energy transitions, tracks digitalisation progress, and provides policy recommendations.
This study critically assesses the policy and regulatory frameworks for the digitalisation of energy systems in support of energy transitions in Nigeria and South Africa.