This webpage provides an introduction to smart grids, an overview of recent progress and recommendations for governments and utilities.
This report by the World Bank’s Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) shares opportunities, challenges and good practices related to advancing gender equality in electricity infrastructure projects.
The Industrial Deep Decarbonisation Initiative, established by the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Clean Energy Ministerial, is a coalition of governments and companies. Among its goals, it seeks to motivate governments, which are major buyers of steel, cement and concrete for infrastructure projects, to apply sustainable procurement principles and prioritise the buying of […]
This guidance note outlines the advantages and risks of pumped storage hydropower projects, and provides advice for how projects can be structured and funded.
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 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 report provides baseline data on women’s employment in renewable energy, as well as information on barriers to gender equality and recommendations to close gender gaps.
This report provides baseline data on women’s employment in wind energy, as well as information on barriers to gender equality and recommendations to close gender gaps.
This report provides baseline data on women’s employment in solar energy, as well as information on barriers to gender equality and recommendations to close gender gaps.
This report provides baseline data on women’s employment in hydropower, as well as information on barriers to gender equality and recommendations to close gender gaps.