The guide highlights the ground-level regulatory and policy questions that must be answered by electricity regulators, rural energy agencies, and ministries to promote commercially sustainable investments by private operators and community organizations. Among the practical questions addressed is how to design and implement retail tariffs, quality of service standards, feed-in tariffs, and backup tariffs. The guide also analyzes the regulatory implementation issues triggered by donor grants and so-called top-up payments.

Mini Grids and the Arrival of the Main Grid: Lessons from Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Indonesia

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The report is the most comprehensive study on mini grids to date. It takes stock of the global mini grid market and industry; analyzes in detail the solar-hybrid mini grid costs and technological innovations; shows the importance of introducing income-generating machinery and micro-finance early in the planning process; and provides policy makers, investors and developers with insights on how mini grids can be scaled up.

Bidding document contains low carbon incentives: Bidders are e.g. required to submit an environmental and social program which shall inter alia include the bidder’s  approach to the increase of the airport’s use and production of renewable energy and can earn extra points during evaluation in this regard.

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) – Resilience: Policy and Guidance

These Country System Guidelines aim to provide governments with a strategic and holistic assessment of their current legal and institutional frameworks, to help them understand how the global market perceives their country systems and where any gaps or short-comings might be found, under Workstream One of the ERP. 

A significant amount of effort has gone into quantifying the supply and demand for ERCs globally. There has been less focus on understanding the scale of investment into ERC-generating activities or analyzing the financing structures that are best suited to accelerate capital flow to ERC activities. 

In this report you will find a review the current landscape of ERC financing and key options for scaling up debt for ERC activities in EMDEs.

While ports are naturally exposed to climate-related hazards such as storm surge or sea level rise, the level of exposure differs significantly from location to location, and the degree of vulnerability depends heavily on infrastructure design and specifications. A site- and asset-specific risk assessment allows port developers and operators to identify adaptation needs and prioritize investments in measures that enhance resilience. Such an assessment is the starting point to take advantage of the triple dividend that climate resilience can deliver.