Advancing Renewables in Developing Countries
The IRENA/ADFD Project Facility represents a partnership between the two key organisations to promote renewable energy in developing countries. This report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) reviews concrete progress over the first five years of their joint facility to finance such projects.
- January 2019
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- Off-grid for Energy Access, Finance & Investment
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- English
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- Maldives, Mali
Transforming small-island power systems
This guide from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) can assist in decision making and help to carry out successful technical planning studies on solar and wind integration into SIDS power systems.
- January 2019
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- Energy Transition, Power
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- English
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- Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas
Renewable energy auctions:
Cases from sub-Saharan Africa
Auctions can help countries across sub-Saharan Africa achieve record-low prices for solar and wind power. Five countries have run renewable energy auctions, while at least 15 more are developing such programmes.
- April 2018
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- Policy, Finance & Investment
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- English
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- South Africa, Uganda
SIDS Lighthouses quickscan: Interim report
This interim report highlights the advantages and benefits of renewables for islands, explains the quickscan methodology and presents quickscan findings from multiple SIDS and other islands.
- November 2017
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- Islands, Climate Change
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- English
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- Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas
National Energy Roadmaps for Islands
Islands around the world face crucial energy challenges, including fuel import dependency, high electricity costs, environmental sensitivity and vulnerability to climate change.
- February 2017
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- Energy Transition
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- English
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- Cyprus, Dominica
The UMEME Framework for NDC Implementation: Advancing renewable energy in Africa together with national climate plans
The historic Paris climate agreement, adopted by countries around the world in December 2015, aims to the rise of global temperature well below 2 degrees Celsius. Renewable energy will play a key role in this effort, which encompasses developing as well as developed countries, by increasing the supply of cheap and accessible energy in a less carbon-intensive manner.
- November 2016
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- Policy, Climate Change
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- English
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- Angola, Algeria
Bioethanol in Africa: A Case for Technology Transfer and South-South Cooperation
Sustainable biofuels have an important role to play in Africa’s development. Sugarcane bioethanol is currently the most cost-effective commercial biofuel and has the highest energy balance.
- October 2016
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- Benefits, Power
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- English
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- Brazil, Benin
Solar PV in Africa: Costs and Markets
The report discusses challenges in policy making and proposes a co-ordinated effort to collect data on the installed costs of solar PV in Africa, across all market segments to improve the efficiency of policy support and accelerate deployment.
- September 2016
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- Costs, Off-grid for Energy Access
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- English
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- Kenya, Tanzania
Africa 2030: Roadmap for a Renewable Energy Future
African countries need to meet fast-growing energy demand and extend modern energy services to more communities while also improving people’s health and ensuring long-term sustainability. The continent could meet nearly a quarter of its energy needs through the use of indigenous, clean, renewable energy by 2030, according to this report by the International Renewable...
- October 2015
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- Energy Transition
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- English
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- Algeria, Angola
A path to prosperity: Renewable energy for islands
A Path to Prosperity: Renewable Energy for Islands presents a compilation of case studies from small island developing states (SIDS) and development partners.
- June 2015
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- Energy Transition
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- English
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- Cabo Verde, Madagascar