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Summaries of Best Practices from Case Studies in Four Countries
No full textRapid urban growth in developing
countries has created an unprecedented demand for energy
services. Cities face the enormous challenge of improving
energy access to urban communities in order to improve
education, health, and basic socioeconomic conditions. South
Asia and Sub- Saharan Africa have the fastest growing urban
populations in the world projected to grow by 50 percent by
2025. This will put tremendous pressure on cities in these
regions as they work to provide basic services, including
energy services, to underserved areas. While there is
widespread understanding of the critical role energy access
plays in sustainable development, there is still a lack of
policies targeted at growing urban poor populations. The
objective of these case studies is to share lessons learned
in successful energy access initiatives and to provide a
point of reference for energy practitioners. The case
studies identify barriers to energy access that are unique
to the urban poor, innovative approaches to finding
solutions, and the roles of communities, service providers,
and governments in successfully providing access to legal
modern energy services. Eight case studies focused on
electrification and clean fuels were selected from India,
Bangladesh, Colombia, and Brazil all countries that have had
varying success in providing access to modern energy
services for slum dwellers. The cases selected highlight
several common barriers facing the urban poor in achieving
access to safer, cleaner, and legal sources of energy. They
also outline the innovative approaches adopted by all
stakeholders. This study demonstrates several common
barriers and highlights diverse ways to overcome them. It
shows that success depends on several enabling factors
working together, such as stakeholder collaboration and
community empowerment. Sustainable initiatives that have the
potential to be replicated in other urban poor communities
depend on the continued commitment of stakeholders, and the
presence of strong financial and institutional mechanisms
City Energy Efficiency Assessments
No full textFor cities that want to take concrete
actions on improving energy efficiency, it is essential to
understand what, where, and how big the potential
energy-saving opportunities are, what measures are needed to
capture the savings and at what costs, what the
implementation constraints are, and how priorities should be
set given local capacity and resources. An energy efficiency
assessment can provide the necessary clarity on these
issues. Energy efficiency assessments can be done at
different depths and with varying scopes, depending on the
city's needs, capacity, and resources. The duration and
cost of the assessment depends on the quality of existing
data and the size and complexity of the sector. This
guidance note provides an introduction to the objectives,
scope, and outputs, as well as the basic steps and
approaches of conducting the three types of energy
efficiency assessments
Financing Municipal Energy Efficiency Projects
No full textImproving the energy efficiency (EE) of
municipally owned buildings, such as schools and hospitals,
and municipal infrastructure, such as public lighting, water
supply, and district heating, offers budgetary savings on
energy bills and a wide range of environmental and
socioeconomic benefits. But relatively few municipal EE
projects have been developed and implemented successfully.
The challenges that limit EE investments in municipal
buildings and facilities can be grouped into three broad
areas: (i) a lack of awareness and incentives; (ii)
insufficient implementation capacity; and (iii) limited
access to financing. All three sets of challenges need to be
addressed to scale up successful implementation of municipal
EE projects. This Guidance Note focuses on the key issues
faced by municipalities in accessing financing for EE
investments, particularly for projects in the following four
areas: indoor lighting, building retrofits, public lighting,
and municipal utilities. The guidance note discusses the
following potential financing mechanisms that can be used by
municipalities to finance EE measures: budget financing,
Funds developed specifically to address energy efficiency,
public support to leverage commercial financing, and
commercial financing
Toward Sustainable and Energy Efficient Urban Transport
Get PDFMany cities of developing countries are
experiencing rapid growth of motorized transportation. This
is leading to severe congestion, which, in turn, is reducing
productivity. Road accidents have been increasing. Transport
emissions have become a major contributor to severe air
pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. The main cause of
these problems has been the increasing preference for
personal motor vehicles for commuting to work and getting
around the city. In many countries, urban development
practices have worked in favor of such preference, leading
to urban sprawl. Thus, remedial measures have to focus on
reversing the preference for such modes of travel, shifting
to public transport, cycling, or walking, and building and
retrofitting cities to minimize the need for private
automobiles. The objective of this guidance note is to
present a systematic, practical, and comprehensive approach
to dealing with the problems of urban transport. It outlines
a framework of possible interventions and demonstrates how
such interventions relate to the overall objectives of
improving mobility and energy efficiency as well as reducing
air pollution and road accidents. Thereafter, it highlights
a range of cross-cutting issues that need to be addressed
and also suggests steps to create an enabling environment to
move towards a sustainable urban transport system. Its
target audience is the city-level leadership and key
decision makers responsible for sustainable urban mobility
Improving Energy Efficiency in Buildings
No full textAbout one-third of global energy is
consumed in residential, public, and commercial buildings
(collectively referred to as buildings), where it is used
for space heating, cooling, ventilating, lighting, cooking,
water heating, refrigerating, and operating electric and
mechanical devices. Global energy use in buildings is
expected to grow as cities in developing countries continue
to modernize and per capita income levels continue to
increase. Because of their high energy consumption,
residential, public, and commercial buildings also offer
unparalleled opportunities for energy savings. According to
the International Energy Agency, buildings account for some
41 percent of global energy savings potential by 2035,
compared with the industrial sector (24 percent) and the
transport sector (21 percent). This guidance note outlines
how cities can tap into a wide array of proven technologies,
policies, and financing mechanisms to improve energy
efficiency and capture cost-effective energy savings in
buildings. It offers city leaders advice on how to get
started in introducing energy efficiency measures, and
provides lessons and examples from successful programs that
have been introduced worldwide
Energy Sector Management Assistance Program Annual Report 2021
No full textDuring this period, ESMAP focused its
efforts on addressing three compounded challenges facing
developing countries: the COVID crisis; the urgent need to
decarbonize; and achieving universal access to electricity.
To assist clients with their COVID-19 response and recovery,
ESMAP supported the sustainable electrification of health
facilities, the provision of climate-friendly cold chains,
and the establishment of a relief fund for off-grid solar
companies in Africa. ESMAP’s activities to accelerate the
global transition to low-carbon energy and to secure
universal access to energy have centered on the just
transition away from coal, and ways to support the rapid
deployment of renewables, including mobilization of climate
finance through initiatives such as the Cooling Facility and
the Sustainable Renewables Risk Mitigation Initiative
(SRMI). In addition to the dynamic response to these
critical global issues, ESMAP has carried on its fundamental
role in implementing its business plan based on client demand
Compensation Devices to Support Grid Integration of Variable Renewable Energy
No full textThis technical guide is the second in a
series of four technical guides on variable renewable energy
(VRE) grid integration produced by the Energy Sector
Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) of the World Bank and
the Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership (GSEP). It
focuses on the main functionalities, differences and
benefits of various compensation devices that can be
employed to increase system transfer capacity, system
stability, power quality and flexibility to cope with
increasing penetrations of renewables in the system. The
applications of FACTS devices are associated with four
essential technical enhancements of system capacity, system
reliability, power quality and system controllability. The
application of the FACTS devices for these enhancements
would depend on the system needs which would be identified
and recommended through the power system studies during the
interconnection process. Power system studies are further
elaborated in "STUDIES FOR GRID CONNECTION OF VARIABLE
RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION PLANTS – Technical Guide 3"
Grid Integration Requirements for Variable Renewable Energy
No full textThis technical guide is the first in a
series of four technical guides on variable renewable energy
(VRE) grid integration produced by the Energy Sector
Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) of the World Bank and
the Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership (GSEP). It
provides a general overview of the intrinsic characteristics
of VRE generation, mainly solar PV and wind, what the main
challenges are along with some recommendations for VRE
technical specifications, applicable standards, and
essential testing. The main focus of the document presents a
detailed outline of the essential requirements for VRE
integration into the power grid. The requirements differ for
different levels of penetration but would require
fundamental grid compliance requirements that must be
reflected in any grid. This document provides these
requirements along with recommendations of advanced VRE
integration requirements that could be reflected in the
power system operations with these VRE resources. The
compliance with the technical requirements where applicable
is validated through extensive series of interconnection
studies which are further elaborated in "STUDIES FOR
GRID CONNECTION OF VARIABLE RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION
PLANTS – Technical Guide 3"
Assessing and Mapping Renewable Energy Resources, Second Edition
No full textUnderstanding the location and
potential of renewable energy resources is a crucial
pre-requisite to their utilization, and to scaling up clean
and secure sources of electricity generation such as
biomass, small hydropower, solar, and wind. However many
countries do not have high quality, publicly available data
on renewable energy resource potential and this limits the
potential for informed policy development, including zoning
guidance, transmission network planning, and price
regulation or incentives. It also narrows the field of
potential commercial developers, and raises the cost of
undertaking preliminary site identification and financial
analyses. This report draws on many years of experience
within the World Bank Group and among other development
partners in carrying out renewable energy resource
assessment and mapping at the country level, in particular
from 12 projects funded by the Energy Sector Management
Assistance Program (ESMAP) under a major global initiative
launched in 2012. The report’s purpose is to explain, for a
wide range of audiences, the importance of resource
assessment and mapping, key steps and good practices,
methodological issues, and potential sources for further
advice and support
Maximizing Finance for Development
No full textOver the past two decades, the
leveraging of private-sector expertise and commercial
capital has helped turn around Georgia’s power sector from
near-complete operational and financial collapse to a sector
that provides secure, affordable, and reliable electricity
services to Georgian customers. However, the government may
not be able to sustain the current model of financing of
electricity sector investments given the expected public
debt and fiscal impacts. This study develops recommendations
for optimizing available financing for electricity
generation and transmission investments while limiting the
impacts on public finance needs and fiscal risks. To this
end, the study presents: (i) a summary of the historical and
required investment needs in the power generation and
transmission segments; (ii) a review of the constraints to
mobilizing private and commercial financing with limited
impact on fiscal risks; and (iii) the development of a
reform roadmap to enable sustainable financing of
investments in electricity generation and transmission. The
objectives of this study are to: (a) identify the obstacles
to optimizing available financing for power generation and
transmission investments while limiting the impacts on the
public finances, and (b) present recommendations to
overcoming those obstacles.The World Bank; Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP
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