This web page describes the concept of a Super ESCO, a facility usually established by governments to play the role of a market catalyzer, kickstarting a market for ESCOs.
This brief provides advice on kickstarting markets for ESCOs in low- and middle-income countries.
The ESCO Model Contract Library provides a list of ESCO contracts and supporting documents provided by a variety of countries and organisations. In some cases, the resources also provide a wider set of documents related to public procurement of ESCO services.
This article explores how system planning, and in particular assessments of system adequacy, will need to innovate and evolve to allow power systems to keep delivering secure and affordable electricity supply during energy transitions.
This database presents the current status, policy barriers, and key innovations for electrification of mobility, heating and cooling, and hydrogen production.
This is an interactive database of nearly 600 individual technology designs and components across the whole energy system that contribute to achieving the goal of net-zero emissions
This report provides background information and guidance on the types of behavioural changes needed to advance access to clean cooking, and ways to promote these changes.
This blog and inforgraphic present the results of a World Bank study on the decision-making journey towards adopting and using clean cooking solutions in Rwanda, Madagascar and Ghana.
This study investigated (1) What marketing messages are effective at increasing willingness to pay for a more efficient stove in rural Uganda; (2) What sales offers (e.g., free trial and time payments) increases willingness to pay and uptake; (3) What effects does ownership of an efficient stove have on the use of old and new […]
This is a cam[paign strategy to engender behavioural change and the increased uptake of clean cooking solutions in Kenya.