This page provides an overview of energy intensity statistics for 2024. By clicking on the map, you can see per country how the energy intensity of its economy has developed since 1990.
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 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 report dispels myths about geopolitical issues around the need for critical materials for the energy transition, and concerns about dependency.
This report by the Alliance for Rural Electrification explores the role of women in advancing electrification and socio-economic development in rural communities and gives examples of ways to integrate gender equality throughout the off-grid energy supply chain.
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.