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nature, drawing on specially commissioned analysis of survey and administrative data on household electricity consumption, as … well as a qualitative assessment of household and service provider attitudes and experiences. Based on the findings of this … relationship between electricity consumption and welfare using household survey and electricity company microdata. Chapter III …
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areas, over 80 percent of households resort to individual heating solutions. Every second household uses a traditional coal … significant benefits for household comfort, public health and air pollution which is an increasing problem in urban areas in the …
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Decentralized solar home systems (SHS), coupled with asset finance, can provide affordable and reliable electricity to the off-grid population in Pakistan and can augment the energy supply where the grid is available but the electricity supply is limited. Pakistan ranks high on the metric of...
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Floating solar photovoltaic installations open new opportunities for scaling up solar generating capacity, especially in countries with high population density and competing uses for available land. Advantages of floating solar over land-based systems include higher energy yield, reduced...
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Achieving global goals for access to energy and mitigation of climate change will require a quadrupling of present levels of solar photovoltaic (PV) generation in the developing world by 2025 to reach around 950 gigawatt (GW)1. This represents an investment of more than US
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Solar power generation is an increasingly attractive option for Vietnam thanks to recent cost reductions, fast construction timelines, and the contribution solar power can make to ensuring energy security and environmental sustainability. Aiming to scale up solar generation in a sustainable and...
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Countries around the world are undergoing an unprecedented clean energy transformation, where Distributed Energy Generation (DEG) is an increasingly important player to achieve the paradigm shift. Rooftop solar PV (RSPV) represents an increasingly significant option of DEG, especially when...
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The World Bank is exploring opportunities to accelerate climate action and low-carbon resilient development pathways by supporting Ghana in enhancing and implementing its nationally determined contribution (NDC). One of the areas identified under the NDC is the support to increase utility-scale...
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This report builds a compelling case for India to look beyond land and institute an ecosystem that supports the installation and operationalization of floating solar photovoltaics (FSPV) power plants. Since these plants are installed on the underutilized surfaces of large water bodies, no land...
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This is the eleventh edition of the Kenya Economic Update. The special focus of this update examines the structural … problems in Kenya's business environment, which compares poorly to regional neighbors' on several manufacturing …-relevant dimensions. The report has four main messages: First, Kenya begins 2015 in a sound economic position. After growing an estimated …
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