This report uses economic modelling to investigate the viability of ten different productive use applications of solar power in agriculture (oil extraction, maize shelling, rice hulling, fruit juice making, sugar cane juicing, fruit drying, flour milling, peanut shelling and coffee pulping). It investigates each technology in detail and then calculates the profits and other benefits […]
This brief report introduces the concept of the WEF nexus and explains how the FAO has applied the nexus approach in its work, with many case study examples.
This report identifies opportunities for and barriers to renewable energy component manufacturing in African countries, and proposes interventions to accelerate investment in the space.
This report identifies opportunities for Latin American and Caribbean countries in global renewable energy value chains. It focuses particularly on countries with significant mineral reserves, including Bolivia and Ecuador.
This executive summary gives a brief overview of global solar PV supply chains, with a lot of data and interesting visuals.
This report dispels myths about geopolitical issues around the need for critical materials for the energy transition, and concerns about dependency.
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 assesses the effectiveness of women in energy networks worldwide and offers best practices and recommendations for networks under development or those aiming to enhance their impact.
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 […]
People need water, energy, and food to sustain their livelihoods, grow economies, and achieve sustainable development. The interactions between these resource sectors form the crux of water-energy-food (WEF) nexus assessments. This study analyses the WEF nexus of 54 African nations and identifies bottlenecks resulting from water, energy, or food insecurity.