Clean Energy for Development: Knowledge Translation and Communications Support
IDS is providing 12 IDRC-funded research projects on Clean Energy for Development with knowledge translation and communications support.
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IDS is providing 12 IDRC-funded research projects on Clean Energy for Development with knowledge translation and communications support.
With the financial support from the Dutch Ministry of Development Cooperation (DGIS), the 2SCALE programme started in June 2012, and is...
28 April 2022
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
The effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on global value chains has been topical of late, yet little work has been done to explore how...
3 March 2022
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Auction-based renewable electricity procurement has the potential to attract private investment and lower prices, but its design and implementation can be challenging. Since 2018, Ethiopia has organised auctions to procure new capacity from independent power producers.
28 February 2022
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Auction-based renewable electricity procurement has the potential to attract private investment and lower prices, but its design and implementation can be challenging. Since 2018, Ethiopia has organised auctions to procure new capacity from independent power producers.
Over 40 percent of global populations are under 25 yet young people cannot secure work and increasingly face a crisis of citizenship....
16 December 2021
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Developing countries are increasingly using auctions for the procurement of utility-scale renewable electricity, due to the potential for attracting private investment. However, auction design and implementation can face serious obstacles due to complex context-specific factors.
Recognising the importance of a robust procurement framework to attract private investment into the infrastructure sector, including...
10 November 2021
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Drawing on secondary data, combined with deep dive studies of Ethiopia and Uganda, this paper shows that despite significant liberalisation of the power sector in SSA, Chinese investments in the electricity industry continue to follow state-led project contract-based models.
1 November 2021
Published by: Oxford Policy Management
Renewable energy procurement (REP) is gaining increasing importance globally as a policy instrument in driving energy diversification...