The Industrial Deep Decarbonisation Initiative, established by the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Clean Energy Ministerial, is a coalition of governments and companies. Among its goals, it seeks to motivate governments, which are major buyers of steel, cement and concrete for infrastructure projects, to apply sustainable procurement principles and prioritise the buying of […]
This memo describes the current market for ESCOs in Uganda, barriers to the growth of the sector, and strategies to address these barriers.
This brief provides advice on kickstarting markets for ESCOs in low- and middle-income countries.
This note describes the results of an effort to create a database of small hydropower projects in the Dominican Republic, and assess their functioning based on hydrological data and power output.
This brief provides an introduction to small hydropower generation, with information on potentials, technologies, system sizing and project design, project steps and investment needs.
This slide deck provides a quick introduction to the Ugandan hydropower sector, including relevant actors, current projects and future potential.
This report investigates opportunities to reduce consumption of scarce raw materials by recycling metals and other resources from energy technologies such as wind turbines, solar PV panels and batteries.
This paper focuses on strategies, policies, and programs that industry and government can develop to ensure that supply chains for EVs and their batteries are secure, circular, and reduce the need for mining virgin minerals, thus reducing adverse impacts on the planet and its people.
This report focuses on the material resources required for the energy transition and demonstrates that there are plentiful resources available to support a prosperous net-zero global economy.
This brief describes the balance required in effective green industrial policies across three dimensions: consumption-centred, production-centred, and innovation.