This knowledge note is the second of
three case studies that concerns scaling up access to
electricity in Africa, Bangladesh, and Rwanda. Since its
inception in 2003,...
Electric utilities are key actors in the
quest to induce large-scale energy savings among end users.
But often it is not enough simply to mandate utilities to
achieve...
Type: BriefReport#: 88700Date: June 13, 2014Author:
Sinton,Jonathan Edwards ;
De Wit,Joerie Frederik
This report reviews the evolution of the
Indian power sector since the landmark Electricity Act of
2003 (EA 2003, or EA), with a focus on distribution as key
to performance...
Type: Working PaperReport#: ACS9203Date: June 12, 2014Author:
Pargal, Sheoli ; Ghosh Banerjee, Sudeshna
Biochar is the carbon-rich organic
matter that remains after heating biomass under the
minimization of oxygen during a process called pyrolysis.
There are a number of...
Type: PublicationReport#: 88888Date: June 12, 2014Author:
Lehmann,Johannes ;
Roberts,Kelli Griffin ;
Scholz,Sebastian Martin ;
Sembres,Thomas ;
Whitman,Thea ;
Wilson, Kelpie
As part of its energy sector reforms,
the Government of Pakistan plans to reduce spending on
electricity subsidies to 0.3-0.4 percent of gross domestic
product (GDP)...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 93762Date: June 6, 2014Author:
Mayer,Kristin ;
Sahin,Sebnem ;
Saqib,Mohammad ;
Walker,Thomas
The Russia Renewable Energy Program
(RREP) was launched by the International Finance Corporation
(IFC) in 2010 with the overall environment goal to create a
framework...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 116592Date: June 5, 2014Author:
Domenech Porcar,Luis
While South Asia's average gross
domestic product (GDP) growth in the past decade was only
slightly lower than in East Asia and the Pacific, the region
significantly...
Type: BriefReport#: 88928Date: June 1, 2014Author:
Andres,Luis Alberto ;
Basnyat,Ashma ;
Biller,S. A. Dan ;
Herrera Dappe,Matias
The 2013 Fifth Assessment Report of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR5) advised
that warming of the climate system is
unequivocal and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 89304Date: June 1, 2014
Tajikistan has a vast unmet demand for
electricity and severe load shedding occurs. Despite high
connection rates (99 percent), approximately seventy percent
of the...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 89243Date: June 1, 2014
This report describes efforts by the
ClimateWorks Foundation and the World Bank to quantify the
multiple economic, social, and environmental benefits
associated with...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 88908Date: June 1, 2014Author:
Akbar,Sameer ;
Kleiman,Gary ;
Menon, Surabi ;
Segafredo, Laura
The Government of the Republic of
Belarus (GoB) plans to increase district heating (DH)
tariffs to cost-recovery levels and gradually phase out
subsidies, replacing...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 89695Date: June 1, 2014
Morocco has set an ambitious target of
supplying 42 percent of electricity through renewable
sources, 14 percent each through hydro, wind, and solar, by
2020. To analyze...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6940Date: June 1, 2014Author:
Timilsina, Govinda R. ;
Landis, Florian
This paper focuses on the institutional
arrangements needed for facilitating regional electricity
cooperation. The paper begins by discussing the theory of
international...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6947Date: June 1, 2014Author:
Oseni, Musiliu O. ;
Pollitt, Michael G.
To assess how capital stocks adapt to
energy price changes, it is necessary to account for the
impacts on different vintages of capital and to account
separately for...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6929Date: June 1, 2014Author:
Neuhoff, Karsten ;
Steinbuks,Jevgenijs
Power pools constitute a set of
sometimes complex institutional arrangements for
efficiency-enhancing coordination among power systems. Where
such institutional arrangements...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6955Date: June 1, 2014Author:
Nikandrova,Arina ;
Steinbuks,Jevgenijs
This report analyzes the current status
of Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) technology deployment in
developing countries and investigates the success factors in
countries...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 46211Date: June 1, 2014Author:
Gorbatenko,Yana ;
Hedman,Bruce Allen ;
Shah,Jigar V. ;
Sharabaroff,Alexander
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