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 brief shares learnings about mainstreaming gender in energy policies, based on the process through which the Government of Kenya developed its Gender Policy in Energy.
This is a good practice example of a gender policy for a national energy ministry.
This article assesses the effectiveness of gender audits to mainstream gender in energy policy.
This report provides concrete instructions on how to develop a gender-sensitive energy policy.
This report highlights the economic, social and environmental benefits that energy and transport sector-coupling and a transition towards EV- and RE-based, efficient systems can create in small island settings, and provides tools for the planning of such a transition.
This publication database provides a range of materials about the ESCO business model, on the following topics: Accounting; Business Models, Contracts & Project Development; Certification & Quality Assurance; Investment, Finance & Risk Management; Market Overview, including Cases studies; Measurement & Verification; Policies & legal and regulatory frameworks; Procurement; Super ESCOs; and Technologies
This report describes regulatory barriers reported by 25 ESCO associations, and offers advice to policymakers to address these barriers.
This report provides perspectives on the potential role of ESCOs in developing and implementing ambitious NDCs.
This web page describes different contract models that can be employed when working with ESCOs.