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.
This web page highlights the role of buildings in the energy transition (heating, cooling, lighting, etc), and presents data and recommendations.
Climate mitigation finance strategy to promote higher-efficiency distribution transformers in Zambia
This report investigates efforts to enhance investment in efficient distribution transformers in Zambia, and provides recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of these efforts
This report outlines how modern battery energy storage systems can be effectively deployed and alleviate the variability of renewables. It also includes a Power Purchase Agreement template that can serve as a practical tool to bring private sector investments in the power sector.
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 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 report identifies and analyses key risks and barriers to private-sector investment in interconnected mini-grids in Nigeria, and evaluates policy and financial instruments designed to address them.
This paper reports on the different storage techniques available on the market today and highlights the strengths and limitations of each system.