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 guide by the Covenant of Mayors of Sub-Saharan Africa shows that urban planning tends to be gender blind, with the design of urban street lighting as a key example. It provides a manual, aimed at African cities, on how to develop gender-responsive public lighting projects. English: https://comssa.org/download/rxeWs6zcOXbTl8qRidGZ9nCB7EFAI4Pa/Gender-sensitive-public-lighting.pdf French: https://comssa.org/download/U3kjdTBHqV6FGKfoI71EgLY2wZrSvtz8/Eclairage-public-sensible-au-genre.pdf
This guide addresses the challenges faced by rural energy enterprises in developing countries, and sets out solutions such as business models offering cooking energy as a service.
This website contains a range of learning resources on Integrated Resource Planning (a methodology for least-cost planning by public utilities), including load forecasting, tariff policies, amd demand side management. It also includes exercises and case studies.
This policy brief investigates Zambia’s policy and legislative framework for energy generation from waste, and provides recommendations for improvements.
This paper presents the results of a techno-economic study of a potential waste-to-energy plant in Kampala, Uganda, including modeling to project energy generation potential and the payback period for the initial investment.
This study aims to determine the viability of electricity generation from municipal solid waste in Ndola, Zambia, and finds that the most suitable technology is biomethanation.
This paper reviews the potential for the generation of modern energy from organic waste in Madagascar, and provides recommendations to accelerate progress.
This article presents the results of an analysis of Ugandan river and stream hydropower potential.
This slide deck provides a quick introduction to the Ugandan hydropower sector, including relevant actors, current projects and future potential.