Energy
Report - 2014
The U.S. Presidential Initiative, Power Africa is a new model of American assistance – structured laterally across 12 different U.S. agencies, African governments, the private sector and key partners such as The African Development Bank. Power...
Report - 2014
This report was prepared by the Statistics Department in the Chief Economist Vice Presidency of the African Development Bank.
Report - 2014
South Africa occupies a central position in the global debate regarding the most effective policy instruments to accelerate and sustain private investment in renewable energy. In 2009, the government began exploring feed-in tariffs (FITs) for...
Report - 2014
Almost a quarter of recent EIB operations in sub-Saharan Africa, and over a third of recent operations in North Africa, support the energy sector.
Paper - 2014
This research presents results of an econometric model looking at development aid effectiveness. This paper presents a panel analysis of the relationship between the installed capacity of electricity generation, the development finance committed to...
Paper - 2014
This paper explores various hybrid technical possibilities where nuclear and RE generation could be utilized in the same system.
Paper - 2014
This short piece is derived from the tremendous work of NREL’s Renewable Energy Futures work (A four-volume set exploring high RE penetration in the U.S.). It considers some of the policy and regulatory impacts of the results of that study.
Paper - 2014
This essay was a joy to write with my friend Griff Thompson. It was published in the journal “Global Policy”. It focuses on the governance aspects of foreign policy as they relate to energy poverty.
Report - 2013
Launched in 2010, the Africa-EU Renewable Energy Cooperation Programme (RECP) aims to overcome the existing constraints and barriers in developing renewable energy,...
Report - 2013
The International Energy Agency Wind Power Technology Roadmap 2013 Edition recognizes the very significant progress made since the first edition was published in 2009. The technology continues to improve rapidly, and costs of generation...