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Technical Insights on Power Systems & Energy
Analysis on grid integration, renewable energy projects, energy infrastructure investment, storage, energy security, and policy, written for development finance institutions, governments, utilities, and project teams.
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Critical Trends in the Global Energy Landscape
The key trends reshaping how energy is produced, distributed and used worldwide, led by solar and wind, as countries and industries shift toward sustainable practices.
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Energy Efficiency: The Power of Achieving Sustainability
Why energy efficiency is a foundation for sustainability, and how it benefits households, businesses and the environment while reducing costs and improving quality of life.
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Energy Efficiency: Navigating the Roadblocks
The barriers that prevent energy efficiency targets from being met, and the solutions that can unlock its role in sustainable development, climate mitigation and energy security.
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Electricity Trade: Challenges And Opportunities
The challenges and opportunities of cross-border electricity trade, and how sharing surplus power between neighboring countries improves reliability and supports sustainable energy goals.
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Decarbonization: Examining the Challenges and Opportunities
The challenges and opportunities of decarbonization, why many countries struggle to cut emissions and reach net zero, and what meeting the Paris Agreement goals requires.
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Confronting Challenges in the Energy Transition
The main obstacles still slowing the adoption of renewable energy, despite its clear benefits, and how countries can address them to accelerate the energy transition.
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Zero-Energy Buildings: How to Mitigate Climate Change
How zero-energy buildings combine efficiency measures and renewable technologies to generate as much energy as they use over a year, cutting emissions and reliance on fossil fuels.
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Geothermal Energy: Tapping Into The Planet’s Renewable Future
An introduction to geothermal energy, how heat from beneath the Earth’s surface is harnessed, and why this underused renewable resource can help meet rising demand and address climate change.
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Energy Transition: A Roadmap for Asia and the Pacific
Why Asia and the Pacific is central to the global energy transition, given rapid demand growth, urban pollution and climate risk, and the pathways toward a low-carbon energy system.