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Download logo The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) (https://bit.ly/3tZp0eB) has approved a $1 million grant for modernization of Africa’s aging hydropower fleet. The grant will fund the mapping and evaluation of African hydropower facilities’ rehabilitation needs. It will also support the preparation of modernization works for two pilot facilities to a bankable stage, a […]

Learning from best practices in renewable energy July 15, 2021 Islamabad : Oliver Knight, senior energy specialist, the World Bank, said that the most optimum capacity expansion pathway for Pakistan is through increased expansion of solar and wind capacity as it will decrease the utilisation of existing generation facilities which are no longer competitive. Mr Knight was speaking at a webinar on “Future directions for Variable Renewable Energy deployment in Pakistan— A discussion on the findings of the World Bank’s VRE report” jointly organised by Sustainable Development Policy Inst...

Pakistan urged to expand solar, wind capacity Experts say global practices need to be incorporated for sustainable energy transition APP July 15, 2021 ISLAMABAD: Experts from the energy sector have emphasised that for a sustainable energy transition, Pakistan needs to incorporate global best practices in its energy sector, especially in Variable Renewable Energy (VRE) sector related policies. Speaking at a webinar on ‘Future directions for VRE deployment in Pakistan - A discussion on the findings of the World Bank’s VRE report’, the experts discussed prospects of grid integration and l...

It is now well established that the way in which we produce, transform, and consume energy must fundamentally change over the coming decades if the Paris Agreement target of limiting global warming to well below 2°C is to be met and if we are to avoid dangerous climate change.

While France and a growing number of countries around the world have been setting ambitious goals for reaching net-zero emissions, variable renewables like wind and solar energy are set to become the main building blocks in power systems worldwide as countries seek to decarbonise their economies. In a new joint analysis commissioned by the French Ministry for the Ecological Transition, the IEA (International Energy Agency) and RTE (Réseau de Transport d’Electricité) describe four essential areas that policy makers must address when wind and solar PV start to dominate electricity generat...