The Government of Uruguay is concerned about the country's dependence on imported fossil fuels. As a consequence, it is seeking to increase the share of domestic resources, of which the most feasible are...
Traditional power sector models in Sri Lanka are based on a large central generation model not amenable to distributed generation (DG), the small scale production of electricity at or near the demand site...
Commercializing Energy Efficiency Finance (CEEF) is the scale up of International Finance Corporation's (IFC's) Energy Efficiency (EE) lending programs in Hungary, that was expanded to the Czech Republic...
South Africa is the largest contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Africa. The energy sector is the single largest source of CO2 emissions, accounting for more than 70 percent of the total. One...
Egypt has some of the best wind resources in the world at the Gulf of Suez. To tap this resource, the Government has set a target that by 2020, 20 percent of electricity should come from renewable sources...
Rates of access to electricity are very low in rural areas of Sri Lanka, averaging at around 35 percent of households. The Sri Lanka renewable energy program is a World Bank and Global Environmental Facility...
This program was established in 2006 by International finance Corporation (IFC) and partners. The program provides risk sharing facilities and technical assistance to support energy efficiency measures...
The main barriers preventing Vietnamese enterprises (especially small and medium enterprises, or SMEs) towards cleaner and more efficient production practices are access to finance, and access to quality...
Nepal faced a large and growing need for investment in its power sector. This project aimed to increase the flow of private investment in small and medium hydropower plants through the creation of a Power...
GeoFund (the Geothermal Energy Development Program) is funded by a GEF trust fund and implemented jointly with International Finance Corporation (IFC). The aim of GeoFund is to remove the barriers to geothermal...
The Thailand energy efficiency revolving fund (TEERF) was established by the Government of Thailand and managed by the Ministry of Energy, Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency (DEDE)...
The Second Nam Theun (NT2) hydroelectric project is an industrial and development investment owned by private shareholders and the Lao Government, backed by commercial lenders and international financial...
In 1999-2000, electric power generation in Thailand was dominated by fossil fuel, accounting for more than 80 percent of total electricity supply. The removal of Barriers to Biomass Power Generation and...
While Colombia possesses significant potential for energy efficiency savings in the industrial, commercial and residential sectors, increasing sustainable energy investments confront a number of barriers...
The Government of Uganda has set the rural electrification as one of the main priorities and key to poverty alleviation. However, one of the challenges to increase the rural electrification was the replacement...
The energy strategy of the Government of Ukraine calls for a quadrupling of renewable energy by 2030. It is estimated that this target can be met primarily through biomass, with smaller contributions from...
The potential for development of hydro, geothermal, solar and wind power in Africa is high and has limited impact on the environment. The African carbon support program assists project developers to access...
Chilean Government has enacted legislation to promote the use of renewable energy (RE) sources. Interests in investing in renewable energy projects are high, and there are plenty of opportunity and RE...
Major new investment in generating capacity will be needed to satisfy Thailand’s rapid economic growth. As of 2008, installed capacity was 29.1GW. The latest power development plan (2008-2021) forecasts...
Mexico is one of the most promising yet untapped areas for wind energy development in Latin America, with wind energy potential conservatively estimated at more than 40 GW. However, until 2008, its development...