This report discusses how distributed energy resources can improve energy systems, and how energy systems must change to accommodate them.
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.
This very recent IEA report explains the need to invest more in grid infrastructure. Read the Executive Summary on pages 7-10 for a brief overview of challenges related to quickly rising demand for transformers and cables, which have led to increased waiting times and higher prices.
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 executive summary of a larger report provides a quick overview of the growth of battery demand since the early 1990s. It shows that the reduction in battery costs and the increase in efficiency has led to a domino effect, as batteries become viable alternatives to other energy sources for ever more applications.
The Long Duration Energy Storage Council is a global non-profit working with energy companies, technology providers, investors and governments to accelerate the deployment of large-scale energy storage around the world. This platform provides an overview of different energy storage technologies.
This article provides a quick and accessible introduction to different energy storage technologies, including thermal energy storage, pumped storage, hydrogen, and gravity batteries, with links to recent projects.
This explainer by the German Heinrich Böll Foundation provides a quick overview of green hydrogen, the way it is produced, the role it can play in the energy transition, and the main challenges.
This World Bank report by the Energy Storage Partnership provides advice on enabling policy and regulatory environments to attract investment in grid-scale energy storage projects in developing countries.