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Why Is Energy Access Not Enough for Choosing Clean Cooking Fuels? Sustainable Development Goals and Beyond

Working Papers
The transition to sustainable energy requires an assessment of drivers of the use of clean and dirty fuels for cooking. Literature highlights the importance of access to modern fuel for switching from dirty fuels. Though access to cleaner fuels such as electricity promotes clean fuel use, it does…

Powering the Poor: Projects to Increase Access to Clean Energy for All

Reports and Publications
The case studies look at different types of energy projects—solar, micro hydro and biogas—as well as innovative approaches in implementing and financing projects.

Sustainable Energy Access Planning: A Framework

Reports and Publications
Sustainable energy access planning (SEAP) develops a socially inclusive energy supply system that gives importance to the energy demand of both poor and non-poor households, the need to make cleaner energy services affordable, the costs of both supply-side and demand-side access options, and the…

Sustainable Energy for All Status Report: Tracking Progress in Asia and the Pacific - A Summary Report

Reports and Publications
Asia and the Pacific economies are on track in meeting the goal of sustainable energy for all (SE4All), but whether the pace is sufficient to reach the SE4All targets by 2030 remains to be seen.
This first attempt of the SE4All Asia-Pacific Regional Hub to monitor the performance of Asia and…

Empowering the People: Cobrador Island Solar Hybrid Project

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Affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all that meets environmental goals is central to global development and policy making. Access to electricity continues to improve in Asia and the Pacific, yet many rural areas lag behind due to challenges in the economic and…

On the Road to Achieving Full Electrification in Sri Lanka

Reports and Publications
This study examines how Sri Lanka achieved countrywide electrification by 2016 and looks at its socioeconomic impact. It notes that electrification helped raise living standards and triggered rapid development in rural areas, creating new investment opportunities at the national level. The study…

Energy Sector Group set to chart its work plan for the year

Press Releases
An Energy Sector Group Strategic Session is being planned for the last week of January to define the sector’s thrust, targets, and urgent tasks for 2022 to 2023. As in previous years, a report on the year that was will be delivered followed by the proposed work plan for the year.
On top of the…

Energy SG Strategy Session will be on 28 January

Press Releases
The next critical part after having a new Energy Policy is preparing its implementation. This year’s Strategy Session of the Energy Sector Group will zero in on precisely this. Apart from preparing the guidance notes[1], we are also expected to draft the Energy Sector Framework that would contain…

Directions for 2022-2023 set at the Energy Sector Strategy Session

Press Releases
On 28 January, the Energy Committee, the Energy Sector Group Secretariat, and several staff members from various energy divisions held a Strategy Session to set the objectives, targets, and tasks for the coming year. Colleagues from other sectors and thematic groups also attended.
A central element…

Global Impact of Russia’s War on Ukraine

Press Releases
In this article, the International Energy Agency (IEA) examines the position of Russian energy supply in the global markets and what the Russian invasion of Ukraine implies for markets that have been dependent on Russian supply such as Europe in terms of its natural gas requirements. Case in point…