Wind farms tend to be large projects built in relatively remote areas, and in the past, they have often generated more disturbance than benefits for local communities. This World Bank report discusses models that allow host communities of wind energy projects to benefit more from those projects.
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 Guide aims to assist community and indigenous communities groups in the development of their own small-scale renewable energy projects.
This slide deck provides a quick overview of the process for the development of energy projects by indigenous groups, including tips on choosing an optimal site, ownership structures and financing structures.
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 handbook examines financing mechanisms suitable for the renewable energy access sector in Madagascar, and provides advice on preparing financing applications.
This article describes the origins and provides examples of community-owned small hydropower projects in Guatemala.
This report aims to quantify the investments required to build modern, clean energy systems and identify the policy actions and financial instruments that can deliver a major acceleration in private capital flows for the energy transition.
This brief discusses the fundamentals of private sector engagement in development cooperation and provides good practice case studies.
This report explores how governments can catalyze the private sector’s role in ensuring a sustainable and just energy transition.